Virgil van Dijk

van Dijk in 2018, photo by sportsphotographer.eu/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Breda, Netherlands

Date of Birth: 8 July, 1991

Ethnicity:
*father – Dutch
*mother – Surinamese, including African and some Chinese

Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch footballer. He plays as a centre back for Premiership club Liverpool and is captain of the Netherlands national football team. He holds the world record transfer fee for a defender at £75 million.

His maternal great-great-grandfather is said to have been Chin Fo Sieeuw, a Chinese immigrant to Suriname, around 1920.

5 Responses

  1. nordickid9232 says:

    GOAT

  2. dlxzvs says:

    correction: add tag african-surinamese

  3. andrew says:

    Celtic -> LIverpool

    *He is also the captain of Netherlands
    *He holds the world record transfer fee for a defender (£75 million)

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