Biography and the life story of Virgil Van Dijk "won such as the PFA Player of the Year or the best player in the English league 2018/19"

Before being recruited by Liverpool, the name Virgil van Dijk might still sound unfamiliar to footballoverz. Understandably before the Dutchman was indeed only playing in the midfield English league southampton team. But no one thought that now he has become one of the best defenders in the world.

Now on this occasion we will invite footballoverz to look at the story of his life journey ... want to know the story like what? Let's just see the story below.

Virgil Van Dijk Born on July 8, 1991 in Breda, The Netherlands. He was born by the couple Ray Van Dyke and Ruby van Dyke. Van Ditk's father is a native of the Netherlands, while his mother is a native of Singapore. His mother is very beautiful, Van dijk looks more like his mother than his father.

Since childhood van dijk often sick, he experienced slow growth. Even when he was 16 years old van dijk was shorter than his younger brother. But entering the age of 17 years, growth is very fast, his height rose 18 cm.

In addition to problems in terms of growth, van dijk also often suffered injuries while playing. Then, he decided to do quality rehabilitation with a physiotherapist and had not played for six weeks. After that everything went smoothly. he returned to play.

Not only the problem of injury that made him not fit, Van Dijk also adopted a bad lifestyle. he consumed a lot of unhealthy foods when he was young. He even had experienced appendicitis, peritonitis and kidney infections at the age of 20 years when his appearance with FC Groningen actually being good-good.

He who still defended Fc Groningen also had to get treatment and treatment to restore his physical health. He had to undergo surgery and be absent for two months to save his life.

"I was in the hospital for 13 nights and it was really hard. That is a complicated appendicitis problem. I have a stomach infection, that's crazy. It all happened on April 1, 2012. At that time I was in the best period in Groningen, "said van dijk.

Virgil van Dijk reportedly almost died at that time. He was known to be ill after completing the Eredivise league match against Excelsior. Van Dijk's pain was only mistaken for normal pain by the staff but it turned out to be worse.

Luckily for him, he managed to recover from his illness and the growth and fitness of the van dijk even better. His parents also called this a miracle that God gave him.

Soccer Career ...

Van dijk started his junior football career with the club Willem II from 2009 to 2010. After that he played in the Dutch Eredivisie with Fc Groningen, but van dijk was still placed in the junior team. Just entering the 2011/12 season, the official DG JK uniformed in Senior Groningen.

At the club he was considered to be very slow and thin, this is because he had suffered from a very dangerous disease and was treated in hospital. But after recovering he grazed again.

He also started his career again, van dijk traveled 255 km from his home in the city of Breda to Groningen to return to defend the club.

After two seasons defending Fc Groningen, in the summer of 2013 he moved to Scotland. Playing at Glasgow Celtic, he made his debut on 17 August against Aberden. In his first season he won the Scottish league title, he also won the PFA Scotland team of the year award for two seasons defending Celtic. in addition, he also won the Scottish league trophy in his last season.

In September 2015 he joined Southampton, he got a contract for the next 5 years. He made his debut on 12 September 2015 when his team drew 0-0 with West Brom Wich Albion in the Premier League, two weeks later he managed to score his first goal in the Premier League when Southampton won over Swansea City 3-1.

In the same year he was called to the Dutch national team for the first time, Van dijk made his debut with The Oranje on 10 October 2015 when the Netherlands won over Kazakhstan in a EURO 2016 qualifier.

On 7 May 2016 van dijk signed a new contract with the saints for 6 years. In January 2017 he was appointed captain of Southampton after the departure of Jose Fonte. During the 2016/17 season he successfully looked stunning. His slick appearance made Liverpool interested in recruiting him.

Until December 2017 it was reported that Van dijk will be in liverpool uniform when the winter transfer window opens on January 1. He was recruited liverpool at a cost of 75 million pounds or the equivalent of 1.3 trillion rupiah. With these costs he was recorded as a record holder as the world's most expensive defender.

Van dijk made his debut on 5 January 2018 when the reds faced Everton in the FA Cup third round. Together with Dejan Lovren he became a formidable duet in Liverpool's back line. His first season he managed to bring the reds appear in the champions league final, before finally surrendering from Real Madrid 1-3. half the season playing with liverpool he recorded 22 appearances and scored 1 goal in all competitions.

His second season he managed to look better and achieve victory in the European champions league after defeating Totenham Hotspurs in the final match which was held at metropolitano wanda stadium. And it became his first champions league trophy. In the final he was also chosen as man of the match.

Also in the same season he also appeared impressive in the premier league. He became the most sturdy defender. In fact, it is very rare for him to be passed by other players, the only player who can pass him is Leroy Sane. Various individual titles have also been won such as the PFA Player of the Year or the best player in the English league 2018/19. In his second season he made 50 appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions.

Personal life…..

Virgil Van dijk has a lover named Rike, he was in a relationship since childhood. Rike is a loyal woman who accompanied van dijk since the beginning of her career at Willem II. The couple had children in 2014. But van dijk was also known as a playboy footballer. He was often caught on a date with several women. one of them with a porn star, Georgie Lyall.

Now he entered the ranks of the best defender in the world, his ability was needed by Liverpool to win the English league trophy and of course his strength was also needed by the Dutch national team.