Historical playing phase · Netherlands
Virgil van Dijk
Playing style, career phases and the players compared with them.
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91
Highest assessed phase
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)Recorded phases only; career coverage may be incomplete.
2018–2022
Phase BRS 91Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Liverpool · CD
Recorded playing style
- quiet leader
- positional discipline
- aerial threat
About the role
Physically dominant centre-back who wins everything in the air and imposes through sheer presence.
The role definition provides context; it is not a separate assessment of this player.
Assessment: Approved historical reference · 2018–2022
BRS history
1 of 2 recorded phases assessedPhase assessments, not annual ratings. Gaps remain unassessed; corrections replace the assessment for that period.
Players compared with this phase
No published comparisons to show for this phase.
Career history
Club and national-team spells, separate from the playing-style phases above.
- Liverpool F.C.
Jan 2018 — End unknown
- Netherlands national association football team
Jan 2015 — End unknown
Jan 2015 — Jan 2018
- Celtic F.C.
Jan 2013 — Jan 2015
Jan 2011 — Jan 2013
- Netherlands national under-19 football team
Jan 2011 — Jan 2011
- Netherlands national under-21 football team
Jan 2011 — Jan 2013