Matthijs de Ligt

Matthijs de Ligt
De Ligt in training with Ajax in 2018
Personal information
Full name Matthijs de Ligt
Date of birth (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Man United
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)
International career‡
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)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2019 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:21, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Matthijs de Ligt (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑˈtɛiz də ˈlɪxt]; born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Manchester United and the Netherlands national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Ajax 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 171———171
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 1123190—233
2017–18 Eredivisie 3332040—393
2018–19 Eredivisie 33351173—557
Total 7781023030011713
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 294406000394
2020–21 Serie A 271405000361
2021–22 Serie A 313407000423
Total 878120180001178
Bayern Munich 2022–23 Bundesliga 313407010433
2023–24 Bundesliga 71101010101
Total 384508020534
Career total 219202825532030425
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  6. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 25 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201730
2018100
2019102
2021100
202270
202330
Total412
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.
List of international goals scored by Matthijs de Ligt
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
124 March 2019Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands15 Germany1–22–3UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
26 June 2019Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal16 England1–13–1 (aet)2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

Honours

Ajax

Juventus

Bayern Munich

Netherlands

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 19 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Matthijs de Ligt". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "M. De Ligt: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 Matthijs de Ligt at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ "Netherlands vs. Germany 2–3: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Netherlands vs. England 3–1: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Coppa: Juventus end Atalanta dream". Football Italia. 19 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Sadio Mane debut goal helps Bayern Munich to Supercup win over RB Leipzig". Bundesliga. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  14. ↑ Smyth, Rob (9 June 2019). "Portugal 1–0 The Netherlands". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "Ajax contracteert Matthijs de Ligt" (in Dutch). AFC Aja.
  17. ↑ "Matthijs de Ligt verkozen tot Talent van de Toekomst" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax.
  18. ↑ "[Under-17] The UEFA technical team – Team of the Tournament". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Matthijs de Ligt Ajax-talent van het jaar" (in Dutch). Parool.nl. 14 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 25 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 2 June 2019.
  22. ↑ "ELFTAL VAN HET SEIZOEN 2017/2018 BEKEND" (in Dutch). Eredivisie. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "Frenkie de Jong Eredivisie Player of the Season 2018/2019". Eredivisie. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  24. ↑ "De Jong named Eredivisie talent of the year". RTL Nieuws. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "Toch triple voor Matthijs de Ligt". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  26. ↑ "De Ligt wins 2018 Golden Boy". Football Italia. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  27. ↑ "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.
  28. ↑ "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.
  29. ↑ "De Ligt wint Kopa Trophy voor 's werelds beste speler tot 21 jaar". NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  30. ↑ "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2019 revealed". UEFA. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  31. ↑ "Bayern Munich's Matthijs de Ligt named April Rookie of the Month". Bundesliga. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  32. ↑ "The official Bundesliga Team of the Season 2022/23". Bundesliga. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  33. ↑ "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.