Virgil van Dijk

Netherlands · Premier League · DF · NED · age 35

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team: Netherlands
Position: DF
Squad role: Projected starter
Position rank: #1
Intl caps: 90
Intl goals: 12
Intl assists: 0
: 0.97(model rating, 0–1)
: 1.6%

See Virgil van Dijk on the full Netherlands scoring list →

Recent form

Steady

2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (4.91 vs 4.86).

Major tournament stats

Tournament	MP	Min	xG	Sh	KP	PrgP	PrgC	Tkl	Int
Euro 2024	6	572	0.3	5	3	112	29	4	3
World Cup 2022	5	515	0.2	3	2	116	46	2	5
All tournaments	11	1,087	0.5	8	5	228	75	6	8

Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.

▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained

MP: Matches played in the tournament.
Min: Total minutes on the pitch.
G: Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A: Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG: Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh: Shots taken.
KP: Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP: Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC: Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl: Tackles won.
Int: Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Defending

Tackles won / 90

0.50

Interceptions / 90

0.66

Ball recoveries / 90

1.49

Blocks / 90

0.99

Clearances / 90

5.22

Pressures / 90

5.63

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90

18.88

Key passes / 90

0.41

Prog. carries / 90

6.21

Pass completion %

90.1%

Possession

Carries / 90

43.47

Dribbles / 90

0.08

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 128 defenders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better.

208

Career matches

18,481

Career minutes

Goals

Assists

11.6

Career percentiles

Goals / 90

0.09

xG / 90

0.06

xAG / 90

0.03

vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG

Season-by-season

Season	Club	League			Goals	Assists
2015-16	Southampton	Premier League	34	3,060	3	0	—	—
2016-17	Southampton	Premier League	21	1,853	1	0	—	—
2017-18	Liverpool	Premier League	14	1,260	0	0	1.2	1.2
2017-18	Southampton	Premier League	12	994	0	0	0.9	1.0
2018-19	Liverpool	Premier League	38	3,384	4	2	3.1	1.4
2019-20	Liverpool	Premier League	38	3,420	5	1	2.9	1.3
2020-21	Liverpool	Premier League	5	370	1	0	0.2	0.0
2021-22	Liverpool	Premier League	34	3,060	3	1	2.5	1.7
2022-23	Liverpool	Premier League	12	1,080	1	0	0.8	0.0

FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.

▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained

MP: Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins: Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals: Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists: Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG: Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG: Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.

FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.