Matthijs De Ligt Biography: Age, Personal Life, Career, Achievements & Net Worth

Matthijs De Ligt is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Netherlands National Team and Serie A club Juventus, where he moved in the summer of 2019 after tasting success at Ajax. His outstanding physique, amazing tackling, and passing technique makes him one of the most talented defenders among the current generation of footballers. De Ligt career has risen sharply from his early days. In his career, he has played a total of 77 Eredivise games and 13 Europa League games, with a net average grade of 7.03. On 17 December 2018, De Ligt won the Golden Boy award, becoming the first defender to win the award.

Matthijs De Ligt Early Life

Matthijs De Ligt childhood

Matthijs de Ligt was born on 12th August 1999 to Vivan de Ligt and Frank de Ligt in Leiderdorp town, a municipality in the western Netherlands. Matthijs was the first child of his parents, after which his parents were blessed with a set of twins, Fleur and Wouter, after which, in scope for getting better economic opportunities his family moved to Abcoude, Matthijs never saw a carrier in football, initially he started playing tennis from the age of five, but finding difficulty with the carrier, he soughed other alternatives.

Luckily one day he was invited for a football training by his friend, after attending the training, Matthijs started playing football immediately. He was a quick learner and within a year he settled into the new sport. He enrolled himself into a local youth team, FC Abcoude who provided him the stage to further showcase his talent. He played for the local club for at least three years in which he polished his skills and kept aiming higher, due to which just at the age of 9 de Ligit was scouted by the Ajax who claimed two reasons for hiring him, number one being the best player at that age among all and number two due to his impressive growth in his performances.

Matthijs De Ligt Personal Life

Matthijs De Ligt family

Matthijs is in a relationship with Annekee Molenaar, who is the daughter of the famous Dutch lawyer and ex-footballer Keje Molenaar. Both have been seen together at the Golden Boy Awards which Matthijs eventually won. He has been in two serious relationships at such a young age, and his ex-girlfriend was Annick Diekman.

Matthijs De Ligt Professional Life

Matthijs De Ligt Professional Life

After joining AFC Ajax as a youth player, in his initial days, he played as a midfielder. He netted his first goal in the second team of the U15’s. His talent soon got noticed by his coach who made him a centre-defender. While playing for the Future Cup, he emerged as the 2015 ABN AMRO Player of the Tournament, where he ended the season with Player of the Tournament award for Copa Amsterdam. In 2016, he was being awarded as the AFC Ajax Talent of the Future, just after he made his debut for the senior against Willem II, and within 25 minutes, he netted his first professional goal for Ajax. In March 2017, his career struck the big breakthrough when he made his debut for the Holland’s national football team in the World Cup qualifier match against Bulgaria, thus became the youngest Holland debutant since Mauk Weber. In 2019 he was signed with Juventus for 14 Million Euro per year, which is 1,594 euro per hour if crunched.

Clubs Season
Jong Ajax 2016-17
Ajax 2016-19
Juventus 2019-20

 

Honours

Ajax:

  • Eredivisie: 2018–19
  • KNVB Cup: 2018–19
  • UEFA Europa League: runners-up 2016–17

Matthijs De Ligt Achievement

Matthijs De Ligt Achievement

  • Best player of ABN AMRO Future Cup: 2015
  • Best player of Copa Amsterdam: 2015
  • Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award): 2016
  • Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2018
  • UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2016–17
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
  • Eredivisie Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 2017–18
  • Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2018–19
  • Golden Boy: 2018
  • UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019

Physical Measurement
Height: 6ft 2in
Weight: 79kg
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Blonde

De Ligit Personal Details
Full Name: Matthijs de Ligt
Date of Birth: 12th August, 1999
Place of Birth: Leiderdorp, Western Netherlands
Playing Position: Defender
Nickname: The Total defender
Education: Unknown
Relationships: Annekee Molenaar (girlfriend)
Kids: None
Hobbies: Playing Football
Father: Frank de Ligt
Mother: Vivan de Ligt
Ethnicity: Mixed
Horoscope: Leo
Siblings: 2- Fleur and Wouter

Matthijs De Ligt

Matthijs De Ligt Controversy
Matthijs created waves when he almost signed for Barcelona, however, Mino Raiola asked him to listen to other offers as well, which eventually saw de Ligt signing for Juventus for € 85.50 million

Matthijs De Ligt Net Worth
Matthijs de Ligt has an estimated Net Worth of $9 Million dollars

Social Media
Matthijs De Ligt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Matthijs-de-Ligt-322043628419905/
Matthijs De Ligt Twitter: @MatthijsDeLigt
Matthijs De Ligt Instagram: @mdeligt_

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