Biography of Virgil van Dijk
Biography of Virgil van Dijk. For both Liverpool and the Netherlands national football team, Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch footballer who plays in the center-back position.
As a defender, Van Dijk is known for his strength, leadership, and aerial ability. The estimated net worth of Virgil van Dijk is $30 million.
The beginnings of life
Van Dijk was raised in Breda by his Dutch father and Surinamese mother. Growing up, he would play football on the streets, in concrete cages, and on Saturday morning tournaments as well. While attending the Willem II academy, he worked as a dishwasher part-time.
At the age of 17 in 2008, Van Dijk was moved to a central defense role after reaching an estimated 18 cm in height. His former right-back position was unsuccessful.
Edwin Hermans, Willem II’s reserve manager at the time, regarded Van Dijk to have “too many limits” that prevented him from breaking into the main squad despite his positional adjustment and physical progress.
A free transfer to FC Groningen came about after a meeting with former Dutch international Martin Koeman, who was in charge of the team at the time.
The gateway to Virgil
In the beginning, Groningen’s coaching staff dismissed Van Dijk as “overtired” because of his extensive experience with Willem II’s youth and reserve teams. he made his professional debut for the club on May 1, 2011, replacing Petter Andersson in the 72nd minute of a win over ADO Den Haag.
A 5-1 victory over the same opponents in a Europa League play-off match on May 29 marked the beginning of his professional career for Groningen’s striker.
Virgil’s main source of inspiration.
A four-year deal worth about £2.6 million was signed by Van Dijk on June 21, 2013, which included a 10% selling-on fee for Groningen. Efe Ambrose came off the bench to replace him in the final 13 minutes of a 2–0 Scottish Premiership win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie Stadium on August 17.
A week later, in a 2–2 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, he made his Celtic Park debut. On November 9th, Van Dijk scored his first Celtic goals, heading one in each half of a 4–1 win over Ross County. After a single run against St Johnstone on December 26, he scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win.
Liverpool
A deal for Virgil van Dijk to join Liverpool for a reported fee of £75 million was finalized on December 27th, 2017.
A sell-on provision in Van Dijk’s Southampton contract would allow Celtic to receive 10% of his transfer fee if the Dutchman were to leave Southampton. Southampton claims that the unspecified transfer fee represents a world record for a defender.
Having a career abroad
On October 10, 2015, Van Dijk made his full international debut for the Netherlands in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier away from home against Kazakhstan.
His first game as captain was a 1–0 loss to England the next day, on March 22, 2018, when manager Ronald Koeman handed him the reins. In a 3–0 win over European champions Portugal on March 26 at the Stade de Genève, he scored his first international goal.
The 2014 World Cup champions, Germany, were beaten 3–0 on October 13 in the UEFA Nations League by Argentina. Dwight Lodeweges, the assistant coach, wrote him a little paper letter during a break begging that he go forward in the last minutes of the match against Germany. He equalized.
As it pertains to my own life
It is common for Van Dijk to just put “Van Dijk” on his t-shirts. According to his uncle Steven, this is because Ron van Dijk, his father, abandoned his wife Virgil and his siblings while he was a child, igniting family animosity.
As a result of his marriage to Rike Nooitgedagt, Virgil has two daughters, Nila and Jadi; they were born in 2014 and 2016 respectively.
In other cases, Chinese sources claim that Van Dijk is descended from a Chinese bloodline. Hellen Fo Sieeuw, his mother, is of Chinese descent. His maternal great-grandfather, Chin Fo Sieeuw, who emigrated to Suriname from Guangdong around 1920, gave him the Chinese surname “Fo Sieeuw.”