Matthijs de Ligt
Matthijs de Ligt (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑˈtɛiz də ˈlɪxt]; born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Juventus and the Netherlands national team.
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| Full name | Matthijs de Ligt[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 August 1999[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Abcoude | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Jong Ajax | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Ajax | 77 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Juventus | 87 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Bayern Munich | 38 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Netherlands U16 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Netherlands U17 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Netherlands | 43 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:21, 28 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 November 2023[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Ajax | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | — | 55 | 7 | ||
| Total | 77 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 13 | ||
| Juventus | 2019–20 | Serie A | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| Total | 87 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 8 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 219 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 304 | 25 | ||
- Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in DFL-Supercup
- Appearance in DFL-Supercup
International
- As of match played 25 September 2023[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 2 | |
- As of match played 27 March 2023
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each De Ligt goal.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 24 March 2019 | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands | 15 |  Germany | 1–2 | 2–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [5] |
| 2 | 6 June 2019 | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal | 16 |  England | 1–1 | 3–1 (aet) | 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals | [6] |
Honours
Ajax
- Eredivisie: 2018–19[3]
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19[3]
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2016–17[7]
Juventus
- Serie A: 2019–20[3]
- Coppa Italia: 2020–21;[8] runner-up: 2019–20,[9] 2021–22[10]
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2020[11]
Bayern Munich
Netherlands
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2019[14]
Individual
- ABN AMRO Future Cup Best Player: 2015[15]
- Copa Amsterdam Best Player: 2015[16]
- Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award): 2016[17]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016[18]
- Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2018[19]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2016–17[20]
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19[21]
- Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2017–18,[22] 2018–19[23]
- Johan Cruyff Trophy: 2017–18[24]
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2018–19[25]
- Golden Boy: 2018[26]
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2019[27]
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2019[28]
- Kopa Trophy: 2019[29]
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2019[30]
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: April 2023[31]
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23[32]
- VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2022–23[33]
References
- "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 19 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- "Matthijs de Ligt". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- "M. De Ligt: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- Matthijs de Ligt at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Netherlands vs. Germany 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- "Netherlands vs. England 3–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017.
- "Coppa: Juventus end Atalanta dream". Football Italia. 19 May 2021.
- "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
- "Juventus 2-4 Inter: Ivan Persic strikes twice in extra time as Inter win Coppa Italia in thrilling Derby d'Italia final". Eurosport. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- Proch, Daniele. "Juventus Wins Italian Super Cup As Serie A Makes The Most Of An Event Battered By Covid-19". Forbes. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- "Dortmund draw gifts Bayern title on thrilling final day". BBC Sport. 27 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- "Sadio Mane debut goal helps Bayern Munich to Supercup win over RB Leipzig". Bundesliga. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- Smyth, Rob (9 June 2019). "Portugal 1–0 The Netherlands". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- "Future Cup: De Ligt speler van het toernooi". ajaxshowtime.com (in Dutch). Ajax Showtime. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- "Ajax contracteert Matthijs de Ligt" (in Dutch). AFC Aja.
- "Matthijs de Ligt verkozen tot Talent van de Toekomst" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax.
- "[Under-17] The UEFA technical team – Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- "Matthijs de Ligt Ajax-talent van het jaar" (in Dutch). Parool.nl. 14 June 2016.
- "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 25 May 2017.
- "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 2 June 2019.
- "ELFTAL VAN HET SEIZOEN 2017/2018 BEKEND" (in Dutch). Eredivisie. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Frenkie de Jong Eredivisie Player of the Season 2018/2019". Eredivisie. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- "De Jong named Eredivisie talent of the year". RTL Nieuws. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- "Toch triple voor Matthijs de Ligt". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "De Ligt wins 2018 Golden Boy". Football Italia. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- "VAN DIJK AMONG FOUR DEBUTANTS IN MEN'S WORLD 11". FIFPRO World Players' Union. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- "IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2019". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- "De Ligt wint Kopa Trophy voor 's werelds beste speler tot 21 jaar". NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2019 revealed". UEFA. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- "Bayern Munich's Matthijs de Ligt named April Rookie of the Month". Bundesliga. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "Jude Bellingham ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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