Virgil van Dijk Short biography
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.
Van Dijk began his professional career with Groningen in 2010, before moving to Celtic in 2013. At Celtic, he won the Scottish Premiership twice and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club. He joined Southampton in 2015 before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for 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 with the club.
Van Dijk made his senior international debut for the Netherlands in 2015 and assumed full captaincy of the national team in March 2018. The following year, he captained the Netherlands to the final of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, where they finished runners-up.
