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.
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he is the son of Ron van Dijk and Hellen Fo Sieeuw.
https://twitter.com/titan_plus/status/1138448806209609736/photo/1
*possible 1/16 Chinese.
correction: add tag african-surinamese
Celtic -> LIverpool
*He is also the captain of Netherlands
*He holds the world record transfer fee for a defender (£75 million)