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Virgil van Dickhead
Personal information
Full name Virgil van Dijk
Date of birth (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team Celtic
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2010 Willem II
2010–2011 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Groningen 62 (7)
2013– Celtic 38 (5)
International career
2011 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2011–2013 Netherlands U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2013

Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

Club career

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 defeat 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 21 June 2013, Van Dijk signed a four-year contract with Celtic for a fee of around £2.6m. He scored two against Ross County from headers and earned a goal of the month nomination against St.Johnstone. He was part of the defence that went 1,215 minutes without conceding a goal, breaking the 43-year-old record set by Aberdeen's keeper Bobby Clark. He won the Celtic Players' Player of The Year award.

Career statistics

As of 26 August 2014
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
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
Celtic 2013–14 36 5 2 0 1 0 8 0 47 5
2014–15 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 8 2
Total 38 5 2 0 1 0 14 2 55 7
Career Total 100 12 6 0 1 0 14 2 121 14

Honours

Club

Celtic

References

  1. "News". Celtic FC. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. "Virgil van Dijk: I'm delighted to be wearing the Hoops". Celtic F.C. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

External links

Celtic F.C. – current squad
2013–14 PFA Scotland Scottish Premiership Team of the Year

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