Hello, everyone! Welcome to All Football column LIKE A MODEL! Today we will show you Liverpool's defender Virgil van Dijk.
After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013, where he won the Scottish Premiership and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club, also winning the Scottish League Cup in the latter. In September 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for £75 million, a world record transfer fee for a defender at the time.
Van Dijk was involved in reaching the 2018 UCL Final during his first spring at Liverpool. In his first full season at the club, Van Dijk was named the PFA Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season for the 2018–19 season.
2019 was the career year for him. He won UCL & CWC with Liverpool.
He was also named the UEFA Men's Player of the Year in 2019, and finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and The Best FIFA Men's Player.
He also selected in UEFA TOTY and EA's FIFA 20 TOTY.
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