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'@@ -1,141 +1,36 @@ -{{Current sports transaction|sport=soccer}} -{{Infobox football biography -| name = Virgil van Dijk -| image = Virgil van Dijk 2015.jpg -| fullname = Virgil van Dijk -| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|07|8|df=y}} -| birth_place = [[Breda]], Netherlands -| height = {{height|m=1.93}} -| position = [[Defender (association football)|Centre Back]] -| currentclub = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Saints complete deadline-day deal for van Dijk|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20150901-virgil-van-dijk-transfer-announcement-southampton-celtic-2662342.aspx|website=Southampton FC|accessdate=1 September 2015}}</ref> -| clubnumber = -| youthyears1 = 2009–2010 -| youthclubs1 = [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] -| youthyears2 = 2010–2011 -| youthclubs2 = [[FC Groningen|Groningen]] -| years1 = 2011–2013 -| clubs1 = [[FC Groningen|Groningen]] -| caps1 = 62 -| goals1 = 7 -| years2 = 2013–2015 -| clubs2 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] -| caps2 = 76 -| goals2 = 9 -| clubs3 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] -| years3 = 2015– -| nationalyears1 = 2011 -| nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national under-19 football team|Netherlands U19]] -| nationalcaps1 = 1 -| nationalgoals1 = 0 -| nationalyears2 = 2011–2013 -| nationalteam2 = [[Netherlands national under-21 football team|Netherlands U21]] -| nationalcaps2 = 3 -| nationalgoals2 = 0 -| ntupdate = 1 November 2014 -}} - -'''Virgil van Dijk''' (born 8 July 1991) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|centre back]] for [[Premier League]] club [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] and the [[Netherlands national football team]]. He was born to a Dutch father and Surinamese mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=4174 |title=News |publisher=Celtic FC |date= |accessdate=2014-05-16}}</ref> - -==Club career== -===Groningen=== -Van Dijk started his career with [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] before transferring to [[FC Groningen|Groningen]] in 2010 on a free transfer after just one season. He made his professional debut for 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. He scored his second professional goal for 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 F.C.|Celtic]] for a fee of around £2.6 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=4175|title=Virgil van Dijk: I'm delighted to be wearing the Hoops|publisher=Celtic F.C.|date=21 June 2013|accessdate=21 June 2013}}</ref> -He scored two against [[Ross County F.C.|Ross County]] from headers and earned a goal of the month nomination against [[St. Johnstone F.C.|St.Johnstone]]. He was part of the defence that went 1,215 minutes without conceding a goal, breaking the 43-year-old Scottish League record set by Aberdeen's keeper Bobby Clark.{{cn|date=August 2014}} He won the Celtic Players' Player of The Year award.{{cn|date=August 2014}} - -On 30 November 2014, Van Dijk scored the first and last goals of Celtic's 4&ndash;0 win at [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] in the fourth round of the [[Scottish Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Southwick|first1=Andrew|title=Hearts 0-4 Celtic|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30166217|accessdate=30 November 2014|work=BBC Sport|date=30 November 2014}}</ref> - -===Southampton=== -On 1 September 2015, Van Dijk signed a 5 year contract with English side [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] for a reported £11.5 million fee.<ref>http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20150901-virgil-van-dijk-transfer-announcement-southampton-celtic-2662342.aspx</ref> - -==Career statistics== - -{{updated|26 August 2015}} - -{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" -|- -! rowspan=2 width=140|Club -! rowspan=2|Season -! colspan=2|League -! colspan=2|National Cup -! colspan=2|League Cup -! colspan=2|[[UEFA#Club|Europe]] -! colspan=2|Total -|- -!width=40|Apps!!width=40|Goals -!width=40|Apps!!width=40|Goals -!width=40|Apps!!width=40|Goals -!width=40|Apps!!width=40|Goals -!width=40|Apps!!width=40|Goals -|- -|rowspan=4|[[FC Groningen|Groningen]] -|[[2010–11 Eredivisie|2010–11]] -|5||2||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||5||2 -|- -|[[2011–12 Eredivisie|2011–12]] -|23||3||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||24||3 -|- -|[[2012–13 Eredivisie|2012–13]] -|34||2||3||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||37||2 -|- -!Total -!62!!7!!4!!0!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!66!!7 -|- -|rowspan=4|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] -|[[2013–14 Scottish Premiership|2013–14]] -|36||5||2||0||1||0||8||0||47||5 -|- -|[[2014–15 Scottish Premiership|2014–15]] -|35||4||5||4||4||0||14||2||58||10 -|- -|[[2015–16 Scottish Premiership|2015–16]] -|4||0||0||0||0||0||5||0||9||0 -|- -!Total -!75!!9!!7!!4!!5!!0!!27!!2!!114!!15 -|- -|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]||[[2015–16 Premier League|2015–16]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 -|- -!colspan=2| Career Total -!137!!16!!11!!4!!5!!0!!27!!2!!180!!22 -|} -{{notelist}} - -==Honours== -===Club=== -;Celtic -*[[Scottish Premiership]] (2): [[2013-14 Scottish Premiership|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Scottish Premiership|2014–15]] -*[[Scottish League Cup]] (1): [[2014–15 Scottish League Cup|2015]] - -==References== -{{reflist}} - ==External links== *{{soccerbase|59442|Virgil van Dijk}} *[http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/25/4f8c4269-a263f625-414922 Holland stats] at OnsOranje -{{Southampton F.C. squad}} +{{Celtic F.C. squad}} {{2013–14 PFA Scotland Scottish Premiership Team of the Year}} {{2014–15 PFA Scotland Scottish Premiership Team of the Year}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}} - +{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> +| NAME = van Dijk, Virgil +| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = +| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch football player +| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 July 1991 +| PLACE OF BIRTH = Breda, Netherlands +| DATE OF DEATH = +| PLACE OF DEATH = +}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dijk, Virgil}} [[Category:1991 births]] +[[Category:Living people]] +[[Category:Sportspeople from Breda]] +[[Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent]] +[[Category:Dutch footballers]] [[Category:Association football defenders]] -[[Category:Celtic F.C. players]] -[[Category:Southampton F.C. players]] [[Category:Dutch expatriate footballers]] -[[Category:Dutch footballers]] -[[Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent]] [[Category:Eredivisie players]] -[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Scotland]] +[[Category:Celtic F.C. players]] [[Category:FC Groningen players]] -[[Category:Living people]] +[[Category:Southampton F.C. players]] +[[Category:Willem II Tilburg players]] [[Category:Netherlands under-21 international footballers]] [[Category:Netherlands youth international footballers]] [[Category:Scottish Professional Football League players]] -[[Category:Sportspeople from Breda]] -[[Category:Willem II Tilburg players]] [[Category:Dutch expatriates in Scotland]] +[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Scotland]] '