Matthijs De Ligt

Dutch defender Matteis de Ligt was followed by top clubs such as Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester United and PSG in the 2019 summer transfer campaign. The young man turned out to be only "Old Senore" - so people call Juventus: the club paid for de Ligt's transfer from Ajax , 85.5 million, which is now considered a record amount for the transfer of defenders.

Matteis de Ligt was born on August 12, 1999 in Leiderdorp, Netherlands. He is the firstborn of Franca and Vivian de Ligt, in total in the family brought up three children. After the baby was born, his parents moved to the village of Abkaude, a suburb of Amsterdam, from where Matteis's father received a lucrative job offer.

From the age of 5, Matteis mastered tennis, as his mother seemed aristocratic. Football de Ligt and his younger brother Wouter adored. They, like the vast majority of Abkaude residents, were rooting for Amsterdam's Ajax.

At the age of 6, Matteis joined the local club Abkaude. The dribbling skills in the backyard made the boy visible on the field. However, the Scouts were in no hurry to declare the hunt for a potential professional because of the only "but" - excess weight de Ligt.

In 2008, 9-year-old Matteis was invited to The Ajax Youth Academy. Before being released on the field, the boy was sent to the nutritionist's office. De Ligt remembers his experience with a smile, but notes that he still needs to monitor the food to keep fit. Now 189 cm tall, Matteis weighs 89 kg.

For most of his youth career, de Ligt played as a central midfielder or in the support zone. This is a common practice for the Ajax academy: coaches strive to teach players the game in any role. Over time, it became apparent that Matteis was good at dribbling and technical selection of the ball. Since then, his position on the field is a defender.

De Ligt played for the main Ajax for the first time in the cup match against Willem II on September 21, 2016. After 25 minutes on the pitch, he scored from a corner, making him the second youngest scorer in the club's history after Clarence Seedorf.

Matteis de Ligt has established himself in the Amsterdam team as a high-speed player, a skilled defender. On 24 May 2017, he became the youngest player ever to play in a major European final: at the time of Ajax's exit against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League final, de Ligt was 17 years and 285 days old.

In the 2017/2018 season, de Ligt played 37 games, 30 of which were from start to finish, with a full 90 minutes. In March 2018, when Ajax captain Joel Weltman was injured, his bandage was put on de Ligt's forearm. So he became the youngest captain of the Amsterdam club.

At the same time, the young man began an international career. Matteis played for the Netherlands for the first time on March 25, 2017. Then the team lost to Bulgaria in the qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup with a score of 2: 0. When coach Danny Blind invited de Ligt to the permanent squad, he became the youngest player of the national team since 1931.

On December 17, 2018, de Ligt became the first defender ever to win the Golden Boy Award. It is awarded annually to the best young footballer in Europe (under 21 years). At one time, such famous players as Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Sergio Aguero, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe were awarded this award.

On 13 February 2018, Matteis became the youngest captain in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, with the Dutchman playing 19 years and 186 days against Real Madrid.

A year later, on February 27, 2019, de Ligt played his 100th game for Ajax. The match ended with victory at Feyenoord in the Dutch National Cup. But the most important milestone was passed on April 16, when the footballer scored the winning goal against Juventus in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. As a result, Ajax reached the semi-finals for the first time since the 1996/97 season.

The girl of Matteis de Ligt is a Dutch model Anekke Molenaar. She is the daughter of former Ajax player Kaye Molenaar, so she knows firsthand the difficulties that her lover has to overcome every day.

Young people have been dating since 2018. Their personal lives are helped to judge the posts in the "Instagram" of the girl. Thus, on July 19, 2019, Anekke posted a happy photo where he and Matteis present his Juventus shirt at the Allianz Stadium.

When it became known that Frankie de Jong - a talented Dutch midfielder, de Ligt's team-mate at Ajax - would take a place at Barcelona, de Ligt was given the same future, but he moved to Juventus.

The Italian "Old Signora" has become the only club in the world capable of paying for the player of 85.5 million. Transfer de Ligt is the most expensive for defenders. It is almost a million more than the amount Liverpool paid for Virgil van Dijk, another Dutchman, in 2017.

Matteis de Ligt is linked with Juventus until 30 June 2024. The footballer is incredibly happy, in an interview says that this is the happiest event in his biography. Of course, now the Dutchman will play side by side with the childhood idol Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to Italian tabloids, de Ligt's salary at Juventus will be about 12 million a year. The footballer will play at number 4, which was formerly occupied by Mehdi Benatier.

2017 - UEFA Europa League finalist

2017/18, 2019 - Footballer of the Year in the Netherlands

2018/19 - Dutch Cup winner

2018/19 - Dutch champion

2019 Golden Boy Award winner

2019 - UEFA Nations League silver medallist

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