Van Dijk

by Matt & Tom Oldfield

The No.1 football series - over 1 million copies sold!Virgil van Dijk is Liverpool FC's superstar centre-back and he's going from strength to strength. From washing dishes to pay his way during his early career to becoming one of the best defenders in the world, this is the story of how Virgil became a true Liverpool legend. Follow his journey as he fights adversity and works his way up to become an ultimate football hero.Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

176 pages, Paperback

Published December 26, 2019

Reviews

[Ming Wei · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a young boy, like thousands of other youngsters in Holland, his lifetime dream was to become a footballer, in a country were the vast majority of the best footballers originate from cities in the North of the country, Van Dijk lived in a city in the South more famous for factories than football. This book takes you on a journey throughout Virgil Van Dijk career right up to 2019. It is rich in details, and contains lots of interesting information, from his early years breaking through in the Dutch league, his time in Scotland with Celtic, playing for Southampton in England, playing for Holland and playing for his current club Liverpool. The first chapter in the book, is in my opinion the players career highlight to date, winning the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool. In addition to the normal footballing career path that books like these take, you learn more things about the player and his family outside of football, one interesting things is that you learn about his family heritage from Suriname, the country were the families of Clarance Seedorf and Egor Davids also originate from. This book is exceptionally well written, produced in a short chapter length format which is addictive and makes you want to read the next chapter before you put the book down. Includes career stats to the rear of the book, a sneak preview of Sane Mane book
from this book series. Only negative, no pictures within its pages, but well worth reading. No editorial errors, lots of information packed within its pages, in a easy to read format.

[Leo Margetts]

This book shows Virgil Van Dijk’s backstory before he reaches the heights of Liverpool and winning the champions league trophy with them. I think that it excels in telling how Van Dijk felt at nearly every given moment. I also found it incredible how he could strive from being the champion of the Cruyff court to being one of the best players in the world. I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy rags to riches factual football stories.

[Dhruv · Rating 5 out of 5]

van Djik is my favorite defender even player ever because
1) He is calm and composed and is a great team player.
2) He plays for Liverpool (My favorite team).
3) He never lets goals in and statistically the best defender in the world.

[Alison Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five star

THE BEST BOOK EVER IT IS SO GOOD TO REED VAN D IS INSANE TO SEE AND LEARN FROM GET THIS BOOK IT IS A COMMAND

[Laura Toomer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for my 8yo.

[19OlearyK]

It was good van dijk starts at Groningen and ends the book at Liverpool

[Danny Gould · Rating 5 out of 5]

He’s our centre half
He’s out number 4
Watch him defend
And we watch him score
he’ll pass the ball
Calm as you like
He’s Virgil van dijk he’s Virgil van dijk

[Harry Buster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good for people from 10-13

[Sam Gunnell]

Coz he's a good player

[19Richardsonk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, it is an football story and it shows the life outside the football pitch for football players and how tough it actually is when football players are growing up, it was a very good ending and it was very enjoyable to watch, I think this is suitable for like 10 and above and good for both genders.