Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, he is known for his strength, leadership, speed and aerial ability.
After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013. At Celtic, he won the Scottish Premiership and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club, and won the Scottish League Cup in the second. In 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for £75 million, a then-world-record transfer fee for a defender. With Liverpool, Van Dijk reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter. He was also named PFA Players' Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season in his first full season. Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup, and helped end the club's 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League. He is the only defender to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award, and has finished runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player, all in 2019. Van Dijk has also been selected in the FIFPRO Men's World 11 in three different years.
Van Dijk represented the Netherlands at under-19 and under-21 levels. He made his senior international debut for the Netherlands in 2015 and assumed full captaincy of the national team in March 2018. The following year, Van Dijk captained the Netherlands to the final of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, where they finished runners-up. He also represented the side at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<\/P>","DAF09C52CF6076BDF21F9C2EFDD9E43065C5B3AC13FF9DA2":"1","E40B4988E6F21D3C":"105955","95081CC600C137A3ECD07E1A2BAC6047":"4","70356B8F0C59F6B5":"279","B628C0FB460378A51A233D645651DF2F":"
CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Celtic<\/STRONG>
Scottish Premiership: 2013–14, 2014–15
Scottish League Cup: 2014–15
Liverpool<\/STRONG>
UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18, 2021-2022
UEFA Super Cup: 2019
FIFA Club World Cup: 2019
Premier League: 2019-20
FA Cup: 2021–22
EFL Cup: 2021–22, 2023-24
FA Community Shield: 2022
INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Netherlands
UEFA Nations League runner-up:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>PFA Players' Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
PFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018–19 Premier League, 2019–20 Premier League, 2021–22 Premier League
PFA Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
November 2018
Premier League Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
Premier League Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
December 2018
UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award:
<\/STRONG>2018–19
UEFA Defender of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2018–19
UEFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018, 2019, 2020
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2017–18, 2018–19, 2019-20
UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2019
The Best FIFA Men's Player:<\/STRONG>
2019 (2nd place)
Liverpool Fans Player of the Season Award:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
Liverpool Players' Player of the Season Award:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
Southampton Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2015–16
PFA Scotland Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2013–14, 2014–15
Celtic FC Players' Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2013–14
Goal 50:<\/STRONG>
2018–19
FIFA FIFPro World11:<\/STRONG>
2019, 2020, 2022
IFFHS Men's World Team:<\/STRONG>
2019, 2020, 2022
Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019
Ballon d'Or:<\/STRONG>
2019 (2nd place)
Alan Hardaker Trophy:<\/STRONG>
2022
UEFA Champions League Team of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2021–22
ESM Team of the Year<\/STRONG>:
2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019<\/P>","DAF09C52CF6076BD5E585110E27D1A5D":"30000000.00","1E9A8D352C52FB60DE0D25B327F8FD01":"2018-1-1","26A41B77C025E2F442D11C4E5D31FCE8":"2","76E5DE99890AB189":"195cm","3DD52A7123843A0599BD59EBE6AB4E97":"Southampton F.C.","92D102DDE1327A88":"Virgil van Dijk","033EA04110C4B96A":"1","DF03820F537F8E7C95F8F8605BCB052C":"Netherlands,Suriname","FD1933E1882D5E7A216F21827D2B22B4":"","C9B224F2C5B356EF":"Liverpool F.C.","F9622CC2808B37CB":"92kg","e_index":7};