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How Much Do You Know About Virgil van Dijk!

Amruta Deshpande
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Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer born on 8th July 1991, in Breda, which is a city that lies in the Southern part of the Netherlands.
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Virgil van Dijk was born to Surinamese mother Hellen Fo Sieeuw and Dutch father Ron van Dijk which makes him have a dual nationality. His mother raised him alone.
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Virgil’s father left his mother at a very early age which made him take the job of a Dishwasher at the Oncle Jean restaurant in his native city of Breda.
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Virgil van Dijk plays as a center-back who is considered one of the best defenders in the world, and is also the only defender to win UEFA Men’s Player of the Year in 2018-19.
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Virgil van Dijk debuted professionally for Groningen on 1st May 2011, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Petter Andersson during a 4–2 victory against ADO Den Haag.
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Virgil moved to Celtic in 2013 & later moved to Southampton in 2015. He was signed for Liverpool in 2018 for £75 million, a world record transfer fee at that time for a defender.
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Virgil van Dijk was the first player after Bill White to score on his debut in the Merseyside derby.
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Virgil van Dijk made his international debut for Netherlands in 2015 against Kazakhstan in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier, & was made captain of the team by Ronald Koeman in 2018.
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Virgil van Dijk has scored a total of four international goals - One goal against Portugal & Belarus and two goals against Germany.
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Virgil van Dijk and his wife Rike Nooitgedagt decided to go for a premature delivery of their daughter because he received a call to join the senior Holland squad at the same time.
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