CORNERFLICK
club
Club
League Cup
Premiership
Premier League
FA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
Community Shield
UEFA Champions League
J.League World Challenge
FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Nation
LI
Club
UL
League
35
Age
DF
Position
24
Caps
4
Int'l goals
Liverpool
Club
UEFA Champions League
League
NED
National team
// the read
The shape of him
Defending at a World Cup is a tightrope — one mistake ends a campaign. The profile below is the positional read; the moments that define it come in the knockouts.
// the equation
reading × timing × the last-ditch nerve
the back linethe cover positionthe duel
// the x-factor
The job
The last line of trust.
Read the danger early, time the tackle, marshal the line. At this level the margin between a clean sheet and an early flight is a single lapse.
35Years old
DefenderRole
// the cabinet
Honours
×5
×3
×3
×2
×2
×2
×2
×2
×2
// the closing word
Virgil van Dijk .Netherlands · Defender.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.
NEDDefenderLiverpool