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Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk

Netherlands · Defender · Liverpool Football Club

Born 8 July 1991 (age 35). Height 195 cm. Preferred foot: right. Position: Defender. Nationality: Netherlands. Market value €15M.

Current club: Liverpool Football Club — 38 appearances, 6 goals and 0 assists this season.

Career totals: 69 goals and 28 assists in 669 appearances (58,356 minutes played).

Season by season

Competition	Apps	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Rating
Premier League	38	6	0	3,431	7.28
UEFA Champions League	12	2	3	1,080	7.41
FA Cup	4	0	0	351	6.95
Friendlies Clubs	1	1	0	90	9.300000
Community Shield	1	0	0	96	5.9

Statistics

Per-90 and totals across 454 matches with recorded data.

Metric	Value
Goals per 90	0.11
Assists per 90	0.04
Goals + assists per 90	0.15
Shots	365
Shots on target	143
Shot conversion, %	19
Key passes per 90	0.29
Passes per 90	73.1
Dribbles per 90	0.16
Dribble success, %	78
Duels won, %	72
Tackles per 90	0.81
Interceptions per 90	1.14
Yellow cards	48
Red cards	3

Recent matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Min	G	A	Rating
2026-05-15	at Aston Villa Football Club	4–2	90	2	0	8.3
2026-05-24	Brentford Football Club	1–1	90	0	0	7.9
2026-06-03	Algeria	0–1	45	0	0	7.5
2026-06-08	Uzbekistan	2–1	90	0	0	7.3
2026-06-14	Japan	2–2	90	1	0	7.9
2026-06-20	Sweden	5–1	94	0	0	6.9
2026-06-25	at Tunisia	1–3	90	0	1	8
2026-06-30	Morocco	1–1	120	0	0	6.9
2026-08-23	at Newcastle United Football Club	2–2	90	0	0	6.6
2026-08-29	Nottingham Forest Football Club	2–2	90	0	0	6.87
2026-09-04	at Ipswich Town	0–2	90	0	0	7.77
2026-09-09	Club Atlético de Madrid S.A.D.	2–1	90	0	0	6.68
2026-09-12	Fulham Football Club	0–0	90	0	0	7.08
2026-09-20	at Association Football Club Bournemouth	0–1	90	0	0	7.29
2026-09-24	Germany	1–1	90	0	0	7.15
2026-09-27	at Serbia	1–2	90	0	0	6.91
2026-10-01	at Greece	2–2	90	1	0	7.55
2026-10-04	Serbia	2–1	90	0	0	7.09
2026-10-11	Manchester City Football Club	0–3	90	0	0	5.65
2026-10-14	at Lask Linz	3–6	28	0	0	6.45

FIFA World Cup 2026

1 goal and 1 assist in 4 matches (394 minutes). See the full World Cup 2026 hub.

Netherlands 1–1 Morocco · Round of 32 — 0 goals, 0 assists
Tunisia 1–3 Netherlands · Group Stage - 3 — 0 goals, 1 assist
Netherlands 5–1 Sweden · Group Stage - 2 — 0 goals, 0 assists
Netherlands 2–2 Japan · Group Stage - 1 — 1 goal, 0 assists

Honours

23 trophies won out of 38 finals and podium finishes.

Community Shield · 2025 · 2nd Place
J.League World Challenge · 2025 · Winner
League Cup · 2024/2025 · 2nd Place
Premier League · 2024/2025 · Winner
League Cup · 2023/2024 · Winner
Community Shield · 2022 · Winner
League Cup · 2021/2022 · Winner
UEFA Champions League · 2021/2022 · 2nd Place
Premier League · 2021/2022 · 2nd Place
FA Cup · 2021/2022 · Winner
Community Shield · 2020 · 2nd Place
Premier League · 2019/2020 · Winner
FIFA Intercontinental Cup · 2019 · Winner
UEFA Super Cup · 2019 · Winner
Community Shield · 2019 · 2nd Place
UEFA Nations League · 2018/2019 · 2nd Place
UEFA Champions League · 2018/2019 · Winner
Premier League · 2018/2019 · 2nd Place
UEFA Champions League · 2017/2018 · 2nd Place
League Cup · 2016/2017 · 2nd Place
Premiership · 2014/2015 · Winner
League Cup · 2014/2015 · Winner
Premiership · 2013/2014 · Winner
Community Shield · Winner
Community Shield · 2nd Place
Premier League · 2nd Place
FA Cup · Winner
Premier League · Winner
UEFA Champions League · Winner
League Cup · 2nd Place
League Cup · Winner
UEFA Champions League · 2nd Place
League Cup · Winner
UEFA Nations League · 2nd Place
UEFA Super Cup · Winner
Premiership · Winner
FIFA Intercontinental Cup · Winner
J.League World Challenge · Winner

Transfers

Date	From	To	Fee
2018-01-01	Southampton FC	Liverpool Football Club	€84.7M
2015-09-01	The Celtic Football Club	Southampton FC	€15.7M
2013-07-01	Football Club Groningen	The Celtic Football Club	€2.8M
2011-07-01	—	Football Club Groningen	—
2010-07-01	—	—	—
2008-07-01	—	—	—
2006-07-01	—	—	—
2001-07-01	—	—	—

Clubs and national teams