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Virgil van Dijk
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 2.65 m (8 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team FC Groningen
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2010 Willem II
2010–2012 FC Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 FC Groningen 62 (7)
International career
2011 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2011– Netherlands U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2013

Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Netherlands national under-21 football team.

Career

FC Groningen

Van Dijk started his career with Willem II before transferring to FC Groningen in 2010 on a free transfer after just one season. van Dijk made his professional debut for FC Groningen coming on as a 72nd minute substitute for Petter Andersson during the 4-2 victory against ADO Den Haag on 1 April 2011. During the 2011-12 season, van Dijk made 23 league appearances for the Eredivisie side, scoring his first professional goal during the 6-0 demolition of Feyenoord on 30 October 2011. van Dijk scored his second professional goal for FC Groningen on 22 January 2012 against Heracles Almelo in a 2-1 victory before scoring again the following week during a 4-1 defeat to FC Twente. van Dijk scored his first goal of the 2012-13 season on 7 October 2012 during a 2-2 draw with Feyenoord. van Dijk yet again scored against Feyenoord in the return fixture on 23 December 2012 during a 2-1 defeat.

Celtic

On 20 June 2013, Virgil flew to Glasgow for talks with Scottish Premier League champions Celtic after a transfer fee was agree'd between Eredivisie club FC Groningen and Celtic. At arrival in Glasgow, Virgil said "The promise of more nights like Celtic's UEFA Champions League win against Barcelona was part of the attraction of moving to Scotland, there were a lot of clubs interested but nobody was as concrete as Celtic. I'm happy to be here and I would love to play for Celtic."

International career

van Dijk was called up to represent the Netherlands U21 by manager Cor Pot during October 2011, making his debut during a 2-1 defeat at home to Scotland on 14 November 2011. He made his second appearance for the U21s during a 3-0 home defeat to Italy on 15 August 2012.

Club statistics

As of 20 June 2013
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Groningen
2010–11 5 2 0 0 - - - - 5 2
2011–12 23 3 1 0 - - - - 24 3
2012–13 34 2 3 0 - - - - 37 2
Total 62 7 4 0 - - - - 66 7
Career Total 62 7 4 0 - - - - 66 7

References

  1. "Match report - Match report ADO Den Haag - FC Groningen, 01.05.2011 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. "Match report - Match report FC Groningen - Feyenoord Rotterdam, 30.10.2011 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. "Match report - Match report FC Groningen - SC Heracles Almelo, 22.01.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. "Match report - Match report FC Twente - FC Groningen, 29.01.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/230085-virgil-van-dijk-champions-league-football-helped-sell-me-on-celtic/
  6. "Match report - Match report NetherlandsU21 - ScotlandU21, 14.11.2011 - U21-EM-Quali - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  7. "Match report - Match report NetherlandsU21 - ItalyU21, 15.08.2012 - Freundschaftsspiele - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

External links

FC Groningen – current squad

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