Matthijs de Ligt is an international Dutch professional footballer. His nickname is de Ligt.
He has played for the Juventus club and Netherlands national football team. His playing position is Centre-back.
Matthijs de Ligt played for the national side at the Netherlands U-15, U-16, U-17, and Under-19 team levels. After, on 25 March 2017, he made his senior debut on the Netherlands national team.
De Ligt’s wife or girlfriend
De ligt is dating Dutch model Annekee Molenaar since 2018. His girlfriend is the daughter of Keje Molenaar who is a Dutch lawyer and ex-football player.
We will see Matthijs de Ligt’s biography details, net worth, salary, and family details.
His age and height
De Ligt was born on 12 August 1999. Now, his present age is 24 years old as of 2023, and his birthplace is Leiderdorp, Netherlands. His height is 6 feet 2 inches or 1.89m.
His Salary and Net worth
Dutch Centre-back de Ligt started a long-term deal on a reported per week £200,000 EUR and per year £10,400,000 EUR.
As of professional footballer, his highest market value is 1.5 Million His salary is £33,127,640 EUR, and his net worth is 9 Million euros.
De Ligt Club, Goal, and Other Careers
Matthijs de Ligt joined Jong Ajax football club in 2016 and played his first game on 8 August 2016.
De Ligt played 11 league matches and 9 in the Europa League. As the youngest player, he played in the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final on 24 May.
De Ligt earned the title of Golden Boy award as the first defender on 17 December 2018.
He was selected as the youngest-ever captain in the Champions League knockout game on 13 February 2019 against Real Madrid.
De Ligt made a contract with the Italian club Juventus for five years on 18 July 2019 for a fee of €75 million.
De Ligt first played in the Juventus club on 31 August against Napoli. He first scored against Torino on 3 November.
His International career
De Ligt made his international debut in the tournament of the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification match against Bulgaria on 25 March 2017.
He played two leagues for Ajax with the help of Coach Danny Blind, then was called up to the Dutch senior squad.
De Ligt is the Dutch youngest player who was named to the Netherlands national squad at the age of seventeen.
In 2021, he was selected to play in the UEFA Euro tournament against the Czech Republic on 27 June.
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The Netherlands team played against the USA football team and they won the tournament of the FIFA World Cup 2022 16th round by (a 3-1) goal. They reached the quarterfinal and he played the team as a Defender on 3rd December 2022.
Matthijs de Ligt’s biography, goal, family, and football career details
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Drommel’s honors
As the best Centre-back de Ligt achieved many ultimate titles which are given below:-
- In 2019- the UEFA Nations League runner-up
- UEFA Europa League runner-up (2016–17)
- Coppa Italia: (2020–21), runner-up in 2019–20.
- In the 2019 UEFA Nations League runner-up
- 2018 Golden Boy
- In the 2019 UEFA Team of the Year
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