Virgil Van Dijk

Dutch-born footballer Virgil van Dijk is one of the highest paid defenders in the world. Thus, in early 2018, the English club "Liverpool" has contributed about 85 million for it to become an official member of the team.

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The player performs at number 4, and his salary exceeds 800,000 euros. Monthly. In addition, around the same time the guy became the captain of the national football team of his native country. But before achieving such successful professional results, van Dijk overcame many difficulties.

Virgil van Dijk was born on July 8, 1991, in the small Dutch town of Breda. Father Ron, a television equipment professional and Dutch national, left the family when the future athlete was 12 years old. His mother, Ellen Fo Sue, was from Suriname. She managed to combine work as a military police officer and raising three children.

In an interview, Virgil recalled details about his life during that difficult period. He said that he had initially communicated with both parents, but later chose to return to his mother and stop all contact with his father. At first van Dijk was unpleasant and difficult, but later he realized that he just does not need the support of his father and does not want to see him, even though the man tried to resume communication.

An interesting fact is that the footballer, the only one of the family, kept the surname Ron (his brother Jordan and sister Jennifer officially changed their middle name in the passport to Fo Sie). However, no matter what team he represented, the young man always applied only "Virgil" on his athletic form. The Sun newspaper reported that during the game for Southampton he invited a relative to the match, but he refused. Since then, the athlete has only been in contact with his mother.

However, despite all of the above, according to the school coach Virgil named Rick Klein, his student became a famous football player largely thanks to the help of his father. Ron van Dijk regularly took his son to sports training, taking him from the cafe where the 16-year-old was working to save some money.

The young man held the position of dish cleaner in an institution called Oncle Jean and earned an hour for about 3. Also, his memories of Virgil's youth with English reporters were shared in numerous interviews by Chef Jacques Lips.

Van Dijk had a bad relationship with football for the first time. According to his memoirs, as a child the athlete was very slow and small. The first football club to enter Virgil was Willem II. He tried his hand on the right flank of the defense, but after several unsuccessful matches the guy was almost kicked out of the team. Soon the genes took their toll, the novice athlete matured and grew up (now 193 cm tall and weighing 92 kg), after which he was offered his first professional contract in 2011 with the club "Groningen".

Van Dijk did a great job in this team at the first time. The first match in the first team, included in the Cup against Den Haag, was marked by the fact that Virgil scored 2 goals and was assisted by the right-back, as well as retained Dmitry Bulykin. Tadic and Granqvist organized a penalty after the match, and Groningen advanced to the semifinals. Often the coach put van Dijk in the position of attack - thanks to his strength and high growth the Netherlands national football team won.

However, a year later, in the spring of 2013, the guy faced health problems. Virgil had a bad stomach, but medics prescribed him treatment with one pill. They had no idea then that the footballer's illness was much more serious: peritonitis, inflammation of appendicitis and kidney failure.

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Due to the negligence of doctors, the young man had to go to urgent surgery, which left two broad scars on his torso. At that moment, the athlete seriously believed that he could die.

At some point, the guy decided to make a will of his own free will, as no one wanted to raise this issue. Provided he dies in the hospital, some of his finances would go to Ellen Fo Sue. At that moment could come to an end a short biography of a promising football player.

When van Dijk joined Scottish club Celtic, he was noticed by Holland coach Guus Hiddink. The defender was due to attend the national team's training camp in early autumn, at the same time his wife named Ricky was tentatively assigned. The girl has been in a relationship with a football player since high school.

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Virgil did not want to miss the birth of his daughter or the fees, so he arranged for his wife to give birth early. Rick, who for her husband left the fashion industry in Holland, went for it, but the fans of the national team condemned van Dyck for the act. And Guus Hiddink cancelled the defender's call for educational purposes.

Van Dijk had another year to wait for van Dijk's re-call. In the opening match of the defender already under Danny Blind Holland beat the national team of Kazakhstan with a score of 2 : 1. But in the second qualifying match at Euro 2016 Virgil was so bad that the coach replaced him in the 64th minute.

The Dutch footballer met his love during the school bench. She became a longtime friend of Ricky Neutgeragh. The couple are raising a daughter named Nile.

Virgil van Dijk is quite a popular person on the social network "Instagram". Most often he posts professional photos - from a football field or from social events, in his profile it is difficult to find pictures on which the player appears not with a neatly combed hair and in uniform, but with loose hair and in everyday clothes.

Virgil van Dijk is captain of the Dutch national team and liverpool's main leader in 2019. In the tournaments, the Defender of the Skausers has already scored 5 goals, for example, the winner against Bayern in the Champions League.

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The Dutchman is helped by the experience of playing in attack - this is the position he began to cling to his chance in professional football. His dream is still the annual Golden Ball Football Award. After all that van Dijk has been through, he can be called one of the strongest footballers in the world.

2013-2014 - Celtic Player of the Year

2014 - "The Symbolic National Team of the Scottish Premiership"

2015-2016 - Southampton Player of the Year

2018 - English Premier League Player of the Month

2018 - "Is part of the UEFA Team of the Year"

2018 - "UEFA Champions League symbolic team"

2019 - "PFA Footballers' Player of the Year"

2018-2019 - "Player of the English Premier League season"

2018-2019 - Liverpool Player of the Year

2019 - "UEFA Nations League Symbolic team"

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2021

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2020

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2019

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2018

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2017

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2016

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Virgil van Dijk Net Worth 2015

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