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Virgil van Dijk

1991 - Today

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Virgil van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪr.d͡ʒɪl vɑn.ˈdɛik]; born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, he is known for his strength, leadership, speed and aerial ability. After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil van Dijk has received more than 11,812,177 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Virgil van Dijk is the 1,016th most popular soccer player (down from 980th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 414th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Virgil van Dijk ranks 1,016 out of 16,880. Before him are Zoltán Halmay, Emilio Recoba, Erik Nilsson, Michael Rummenigge, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, and Aleksandar Shalamanov. After him are Pál Csernai, Carlos Vidal, Bengt Gustavsson, Anton Ondruš, Bafétimbi Gomis, and Alexandre Villaplane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Virgil van Dijk ranks 8. Before him are James Rodríguez, Thiago Alcântara, Eden Hazard, Ed Sheeran, Jorginho, and N'Golo Kanté. After him are Xherdan Shaqiri, Alexandre Lacazette, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Martin Braithwaite, and Tyler, the Creator.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Virgil van Dijk ranks 462 out of 1,427. Before him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Floor Jansen (1981), Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640). After him are Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Ernesto Hoost (1965), Dirk Stikker (1897), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Virgil van Dijk ranks 43. Before him are Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Ronald de Boer (1970), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Ruud Geels (1948), Rinus Israël (1942), and Dirk Kuyt (1980). After him are Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Dick Nanninga (1949), Erik ten Hag (1970), Dick van Dijk (1946), Roy Makaay (1975), and Gerald Vanenburg (1964).

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