Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch footballer, born on 8 July 1991 in Breda, Netherlands. Van Dijk plays as a centre-back for Liverpool. Van Dijk has scored 79 goals in 748 games for club and country and has won 12 trophies, including the Champions League and 4 league titles.

Van Dijk's career stats

	Games	Goals
Clubs, all competitions	648	65
Netherlands	100	14
Total	748	79

Goals per game: 0.11.

Van Dijk's trophies and awards

Trophies with club and country: 12
League titles: 4
Domestic cups: 5
Champions League: 1
Other international club trophies: 2
Individual awards: 47

Celtic

Scottish Premiership: 2 (2013–14, 2014–15)
Scottish League Cup: 1 (2014–15)

Liverpool

Premier League: 2 (2019–20, 2024–25)
FA Cup: 1 (2021–22)
EFL Cup: 2 (2021–22, 2023–24)
FA Community Shield: 1 (2022)
UEFA Champions League: 1 (2018–19)
UEFA Super Cup: 1 (2019)
FIFA Club World Cup: 1 (2019)

Individual

PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1 (2018–19)
PFA Team of the Year: 5 (2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25)
Premier League Player of the Season: 1 (2018–19)
Premier League Player of the Year by Northwest Football Awards: 1 (2019)
Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2 (2022, 2024)
UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award: 1 (2018–19)
UEFA Champions League Defender of the Season: 1 (2018–19)
UEFA Team of the Year: 3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 3 (2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20)
UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 1 (2021–22)
UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 1 (2019)
Liverpool Fans' Player of the Season Award: 1 (2018–19)
and 16 more

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

2011–2013: Groningen, 62 games, 7 goals
2013–2015: Celtic, 76 games, 9 goals
2015–2018: Southampton, 67 games, 4 goals
2018–: Liverpool, 281 games, 27 goals

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Club stats as of 1 November 2026.