Matthijs de Ligt

**Matthijs de Ligt** (; born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Manchester United and the Netherlands national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jong Ajax|2016–17|Eerste Divisie|17|1|—|—|—|17|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Ajax|2016–17|Eredivisie|11|2|3|1|9|0|—|23|3||
|2017–18|Eredivisie|33|3|2|0|4|0|—|39|3||||
|2018–19|Eredivisie|33|3|5|1|17|3|—|55|7||||
|rowspan="4"|Juventus|2019–20|Serie A|29|4|4|0|6|0|0|0|39|4|
|2020–21|Serie A|27|1|4|0|5|0|0|0|36|1|||
|2021–22|Serie A|31|3|4|0|7|0|0|0|42|3|||
|rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich|2022–23|Bundesliga|31|3|4|0|7|0|1|0|43|3|
|2023–24|Bundesliga|7|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|10|1|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Netherlands|2017|3|0|
|2018|10|0|||
|2019|10|2|||
|2021|10|0|||
|2022|7|0|||
|2023|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Ligt goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 March 2019|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|15||1–2|2–3|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||||
|2|6 June 2019|Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal|16||1–1|3–1|2019 UEFA Nations League Finals|||||||||||

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2018–19
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2016–17

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 2019–20
- Coppa Italia: 2020–21; runner-up: 2019–20, 2021–22
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2020

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2022–23
- DFL-Supercup: 2022

**Netherlands**
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- ABN AMRO Future Cup Best Player: 2015
- Copa Amsterdam Best Player: 2015
- Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award): 2016
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
- Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2018
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2016–17
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
- Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19
- Johan Cruyff Trophy: 2017–18
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2018–19
- Golden Boy: 2018
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2019
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2019
- Kopa Trophy: 2019
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2019
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: April 2023
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23
- VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Matthijs de Ligt
- **image**: Matthijs de Ligt 2018.jpg
- **caption**: De Ligt in training with AFC Ajax, Ajax in 2018
- **full name**: Matthijs de Ligt
- **birth place**: Leiderdorp, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.89 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Manchester united, Man United
- **clubnumber**: 4
- **youthyears1**: 2005–2009
- **youthclubs1**: Abcoude
- **youthyears2**: 2009–2016
- **youthclubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **years1**: 2016–2017
- **clubs1**: Jong Ajax
- **caps1**: 17
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2016–2019
- **clubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps2**: 77
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 2019–2022
- **clubs3**: Juventus FC, Juventus
- **caps3**: 87
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2022–
- **clubs4**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps4**: 38
- **goals4**: 4
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–2015
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U15
- **nationalyears2**: 2014–2015
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U16
- **nationalyears3**: 2015–2016
- **nationalcaps3**: 14
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U17
- **nationalyears4**: 2016
- **nationalcaps4**: 6
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalteam4**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalyears5**: 2017–
- **nationalcaps5**: 43
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **nationalteam5**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **club-update**: 15:21, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 20:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC)