Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who is a center-back with Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. He is considered to be one of the top defensive players in the world, Van Dijk is known for his toughness, leadership, and aerial skills. Van Dijk is the only defensive player who has won the UEFA Man of the Year award and has been runner-up to the Ballon d’Or and Best FIFA Men’s Player.
After beginning his career at Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013. There, they won the Scottish Premiership and were named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for each of his seasons at the club. He also won the Scottish League Cup in the latter. In 2015 Van Dijk was signed by Southampton prior to signing with Liverpool in January of 2018 at PS75 million, which was then the world’s record transfer price for a defensive player. While at Liverpool, Van Dijk reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and in 2019 and won the latter. He also won the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and was named The Premier League Player of the Season during his debut full season. Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup and helped the club end its 30-year title drought when he won this season’s, Premier League.
Van Dijk is a former youth international of the Netherlands who represented his country at the under-19 and under-21 levels. Van Dijk made his debut as a senior international with the Netherlands in the year 2015. He was promoted to captaincy for Dutch nationals in March of 2018. The next the following year Van Dijk captained the Netherlands to the final of the first UEFA Nations League, where they were runners-up.
Childhood and early life
Van Dijk was born in Breda to a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother. As a child, he played football whenever he could, on the streets and in concrete cages and then on Saturday mornings in the stadium. He also juggled playing in the Willem II academy with a part-time job as a dishwasher. After having previously played unsuccessfully as a right-back Van Dijk was shifted into the central defensive position in 2008, at the age of 17 years old, after growing in height by about 18 centimeters. Despite the shift in position and Van Dijk’s physical development the manager of Willem II’s reserve team in the time Edwin Hermans believed he had “too many limitations” which hindered him from breaking into the main team. In 2010 he was scouted by former Dutch international Martin Koeman, who was employed by FC Groningen at the time He was able to make a transfer for free to the club that same year.
Personal life
Van Dijk commonly uses only his initials in the kits. Based on his father Steven the reason for this is due to an unresolved family dispute with his father Ron van Dijk, who had a relationship with his wife Virgil and his siblings in the time of his childhood. Virgil has been married to his his childhood love, Rike Nooitgedagt, and they have two daughters, Nila born in 2014 and Jadi born in 2016. According to sources from China, Van Dijk has Chinese roots. Hellen Fo Sieeuw who is his mother is of Chinese heritage. The Chinese surname “Fo Sieeuw” is derived from the name of his great-grandfather’s maternal grandfather, Chin Fo Sieeuw (Chen Huo Xiu ) who immigrated to Guangdong to Suriname in the 1920s.
The style of the game
Van Dijk is a physically strongand right-footed centre-back who is typically on the left side of central defence. However, Van Dijk is also able to play as an right-sided centre-back. He has a great pace as well as a good technique and an eye towards goal and is a skilled set-piece defender. Concerning his skill his an ex- Celtic player Kris Commons commented that Van Dijk was “comfortable on the ball” and added that “He was a skilled player and a great right foot. He was a good set-piece player Some of his free-kicks for Celtic are amazing. He was able to understand the game very well. He had a certain aura around his face, a confidence because I think he was aware that he was a pro.”
Neil McGuinness, senior scout at Celtic at the time Van Dijk was signed, said he was “everything you would want if you could create a profile of the ideal central defender” He praised him for being an “very smooth ball-playing defender” who has aerial strength and skills in dead ball situations as well as “strong leadership qualities”, and stating that, after his move to England the player is “more tactically aware now his anticipation and timing has improved and he is a lot more of an all-rounder”. McGuinness believes that Van Dijk’s “biggest problem” is that the player “can switch off when the game is comfortable”. In the year 2018, Steve Douglas of The Globe and Mail stated Van Dijk with the following words: “Powerful in the air, measured with the ball at his feet, quick, and with superb positional sense, van Dijk has it all.” Dario Pergolizzi also mentioned Van Dijk as a good marker in 2019.
In a interview in 2019 with Marca who was interviewed in 2019, when Lionel Messi was asked why Van Dijk was so difficult to defeat and why he was so difficult to beat, the Argentine said: “He is a defender who knows how to judge his timing and wait for the right moment to challenge or jockey . He is very fast and big, but he has a lot of agility for his height. He is fast because of its great stride, and he is impressive both in defence and attack because he scores lots of goals.” In the is the year that Paul Merson described Van Dijk as “the best in the world, and I think by a long way, as a defensive centre-half.”
International career
Van Dijk made his full international debut for the Netherlands on October 10, 2015, winning win of 2-1 at home away against Kazakhstan in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier.
He was appointed captain of his nation by the manager Ronald Koeman on 22 March 2018. His first game with the captaincy was a friendly home 1-0 loss to England the following day. On the 26th of March, the striker made his debut international score to complete a 3-0 win against European champions Portugal at the Stade de Geneve. On the 13th of October, his goal has scored a goal in an 3-0 win against the 2014 World Cup champions Germany in the UEFA Nations League. In addition, was that he scored an equalizer in the following match against Germany following the Assistant head coach Dwight Lodeweges sent him a small piece of paper during a break asking him to go forward in the closing minutes of the match. The goal allowed the Netherlands to take the lead in the group stage in the Nations League. He then led the Netherlands to the final where they lost 1-0 to Portugal.
On May 20, 2021 van Dijk ruled himself out of participating in the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 to have enough time to heal from an injury sustained for several months from October 2020.
Sponsorship
Van Dijk features as the main character in The champions version of EA Sports’ FIFA video game FIFA 20. The game is sponsored by the Nike, a sportswear manufacturer. Nike.
Virgil van Dijk Height, Weight & Measurements
At the age of 29, Virgil van Dijk height is 193cm and weight at 92kg.
| Physical Status | |
| Height | 193 cm |
| Weight | 92 kg |
| Body Measurements | Not Available |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
Who Is Virgil van Dijk’s Wife?
His wife is Rike Nooitgedagt
| Family | |
| Parents | Not Available |
| Wife | Rike Nooitgedagt |
| Sibling | Not Available |
| Children | Not Available |
Its net worth has grown substantially in the years 2019 and into 2020. What will Virgil van Dijk worth at the age of 29 older? Van Dijk’s source of income is mostly from his player who is successful. He’s from Netherlands. We’ve calculated the net worth of Virgil van Dijk as well as his earnings, salary, as well as assets.
| Net Worth in 2020 | $1 Million – $5 Million |
| Salary in 2019 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2019 | Pending |
| Salary in 2019 | Under Review |
| House | Not Available |
| Cars | Not Available |
| Source of Income | Player |
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