Virgil Van Dijk Wins the 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player Of The Year Award. |
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Liverpool centre-back and captain of Netherland national team Virgil van Dijk made his Liverpool teammates proud and happy after beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the 2018/19 UEFA Men's Player of the Year award.
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has today 29th-august-2019, been named UEFA Men's Player of the Year, beating two popular football legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the 2018/19 UEFA Men's player of the year award.
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The 2018/19 UEFA award has topped a fantastic season for the Netherlands international, who was voted PFA Player of the Year for his displays at the heart of a Liverpool defense which conceded just 22 goals in the Premier League and finished the campaign with a sixth European Cup, beating Tottenham 2-0 in the final in Madrid.
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Virgil Van Dijk Upon receiving the accolade, the 28-year-old said:
"First of all, I think I need to thank all of my teammates. Without all of them and without the staff, I wouldn't have achieved what I've achieved over the last year especially. I thank my family of course" .
"It's been a long road but that's part of my journey, it's part of who I am. I needed it like this, I'm not a player who was 18 years old and had that rise straight away. I had to work hard for every step of the way – that's part of me and I'm very happy about that".
"I'm very proud to get this trophy and it's all credit to everyone that's helped me along the way."
"It's been a long road but that's part of my journey, it's part of who I am. I needed it like this, I'm not a player who was 18 years old and had that rise straight away. I had to work hard for every step of the way – that's part of me and I'm very happy about that".
"I'm very proud to get this trophy and it's all credit to everyone that's helped me along the way."
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