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Virgil van Dijk,
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) Defender
Team information
Current team Celtic
Number 4
Youth career
2009–2010 Willem II
2010–2012 FC Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Celtic 0 (0)
International career
2011 Netherlands U19 1 (0)
2011– Netherlands U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:46, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Virgil van Dijk (born 8 July 1991, Breda) is a Dutch football player who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Celtic in the SPL.

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.

FC Groningen

On the 16th of June an Official bid was made from Celtic and accepted by the Groningen Board, believed to be around 1.8 Million big ones

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.

References

  1. "Virgil van Dijk". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. "Virgil van Dijk". Eredivisielive.nl. Retrieved 24 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Text "Eredivisie" ignored (help); Text "Eredivisielive.nl" ignored (help); Text "FC Groningen" ignored (help)
  3. "Match report - Match report ADO Den Haag - FC Groningen, 01.05.2011 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. "Match report - Match report FC Groningen - Feyenoord Rotterdam, 30.10.2011 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. "Match report - Match report FC Groningen - SC Heracles Almelo, 22.01.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  6. "Match report - Match report FC Twente - FC Groningen, 29.01.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  7. "Match report - Match report FC Groningen - Feyernoord, 07.10.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  8. "Match report - Match report Feyenoord - FC Groningen, 23.12.2012 - Eredivisie - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  9. "Match report - Match report NetherlandsU21 - ScotlandU21, 14.11.2011 - U21-EM-Quali - transfermarkt.co.uk". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  10. "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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