Matthijs de Ligt

Matthijs de Ligt is a Dutch footballer, born on 12 August 1999 in Leiderdorp, Netherlands. De Ligt plays as a centre-back for Manchester United. De Ligt has scored 31 goals in 415 games for club and country and has won 6 trophies, including 3 league titles.

De Ligt's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions36329
Netherlands522
Total41531

Goals per game: 0.07.

De Ligt's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 6
  • League titles: 3
  • Domestic cups: 3
  • Individual awards: 21

Ajax

  • Eredivisie: 1 (2018–19)
  • KNVB Cup: 1 (2018–19)

Juventus

  • Serie A: 1 (2019–20)
  • Coppa Italia: 1 (2020–21)

Bayern Munich

  • Bundesliga: 1 (2022–23)
  • DFL-Supercup: 1 (2022)

Individual

  • ABN AMRO Future Cup Best Player: 1 (2015)
  • Copa Amsterdam Best Player: 1 (2015)
  • Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award): 1 (2016)
  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 1 (2016)
  • Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 1 (2018)
  • UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 1 (2016–17)
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 1 (2018–19)
  • Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2 (2017–18, 2018–19)
  • Johan Cruyff Trophy: 1 (2017–18)
  • Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1 (2018–19)
  • Golden Boy: 1 (2018)
  • FIFA FIFPro World11: 1 (2019)
  • and 8 more

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2016–2019: Ajax, 77 games, 8 goals
  2. 2019–2022: Juventus, 87 games, 8 goals
  3. 2022–2024: Bayern Munich, 53 games, 5 goals
  4. 2024–: Manchester United, 42 games, 3 goals

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Club stats as of 30 November 2025.