#4Defenders

Matthijs de Ligt

NetherlandsAge26Centre-Back

Market Value€30.00m

Manchester United· Premier League

Played

Goals

Assists

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13g

90min blocks

FIFA AttributesEA FC

Manchester United

82Overall

84Potential

-Value

-Wage

Pace62

Shooting61

Passing62

Dribbling67

Defending82

Physical83

Height189cmWeight89kgPreferred FootRightWeak Foot★★★☆☆Skill Moves★★★☆☆

Pace

Acceleration54

Sprint Speed68

Shooting

Positioning-

Finishing50

Shot Power84

Long Shots75

Volleys45

Penalties40

Passing

Vision45

Crossing52

FK Accuracy55

Short Passing77

Long Passing73

Curve48

Dribbling

Agility52

Balance62

Reactions81

Ball Control72

Dribbling65

Composure80

Defending

Interceptions83

Heading Accuracy85

Def Awareness82

Stand Tackle81

Slide Tackle80

Physical

Jumping86

Stamina64

Strength91

Aggression85

Goalkeeper

Diving12

Handling11

Kicking11

GK Positioning12

Reflexes10

Position

Defender - Centre-Back

Main Position

Centre-Back

Date of Birth

1999-08-12(26)

Height

1,89

Preferred Foot

right

Place of Birth

Leiderdorp

Citizenship

Netherlands

Contract & Agent

Joined

2024-08-13

Contract Until

2029-06-30

Agent

Rafaela Pimenta ✓

Outfitter

Nike

Market Value

€30.00m

Last Updated

2026-06-03

International

Netherlands

Honours

Golden BoyFootballer of the YearGerman ChampionItalian championItalian cup winner

Career Achievements

De Ligt has won the Golden Boy award and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year. He has secured league titles in Germany (Bayern Munich) and Italy (Juventus), as well as the Italian Cup.

Biography

Matthijs de Ligt, born in Leiderdorp, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He rose to prominence at Ajax, captaining the team at a young age and leading them to the Champions League semi-finals in 2019. He has since played for Juventus, Bayern Munich, and currently features in the Premier League.

Playing Style

De Ligt is a commanding and physically imposing centre-back known for his aerial prowess, strength in duels, and leadership qualities. He is comfortable on the ball and possesses good passing range, but can occasionally be caught out of position due to his aggressive defending. His tactical intelligence and ability to read the game make him a key figure in defense.

Market Value History

Season Stats (Premier League)

All seasons (80)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	Premier League	13	1	0	0	0	1170
25/26	FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
25/26	EFL Cup	1	0	0	0	0	45
24/25	UEFA Nations League A	4	0	0	0	0	234
24/25	Premier League	29	2	0	4	0	2128
24/25	FA Cup	2	0	0	0	0	240
24/25	UEFA Europa League	9	0	0	2	0	664
24/25	EFL Cup	2	0	0	0	0	84
23/24	Bundesliga	22	2	0	5	0	1387
23/24	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	162
23/24	Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup	1	0	0	0	0	45
23/24	DFB-Pokal	1	0	0	0	0	25
23/24	UEFA Champions League	6	0	1	0	0	467
22/23	UEFA Nations League A	3	0	0	0	0	190
22/23	Bundesliga	31	3	1	4	0	2403
22/23	European Qualifiers	3	0	0	0	0	172
22/23	Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup	1	0	0	0	0	12
22/23	DFB-Pokal	4	0	0	0	0	360
22/23	UEFA Champions League	7	0	0	1	0	615
21/22	Supercoppa Italiana	0	0	0	0	0	0
21/22	Serie A	31	3	1	2	0	2674
21/22	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	180
21/22	UEFA Champions League	7	0	0	2	0	627
21/22	Italy Cup	4	0	0	0	0	390
2025	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	2	0	0	0	0	91
2025	UEFA Nations League Finals	1	0	0	0	0	6
2024	UEFA Euro	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	UEFA Nations League Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	World Cup	2	0	0	1	0	91
2021	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	6	0	0	1	0	451
2021	UEFA Euro	3	0	0	0	1	235
2019	UEFA Nations League Finals	2	1	0	1	0	210
2016	UEFA Under-17 Euro	5	0	1	1	0	400
2015	UEFA Under-17 Euro	2	0	1	0	0	114
20/21	UEFA Nations League A	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Supercoppa Italiana	0	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Serie A	27	1	1	4	0	2221
20/21	International Friendlies	1	0	0	1	0	90
20/21	UEFA Champions League	5	0	0	1	0	405
20/21	Italy Cup	4	0	0	2	0	360
19/20	Supercoppa Italiana	0	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	Serie A	29	4	1	5	0	2449
19/20	UEFA Champions League	6	0	0	0	0	540
19/20	Italy Cup	4	0	0	0	0	360
18/19	UEFA Nations League A	4	0	0	0	0	360
18/19	KNVB Beker	5	1	1	0	0	348
18/19	Eredivisie	33	3	3	1	0	2970
18/19	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	135
18/19	European Qualifiers	8	1	1	0	0	720
18/19	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	6	1	0	0	0	540
18/19	UEFA Champions League	11	2	0	2	0	990
17/18	KNVB Beker	2	0	1	0	0	197
17/18	Eredivisie	33	3	2	8	0	2914
17/18	International Friendlies	5	0	2	0	0	424
17/18	UEFA Europa League Qualifying	2	0	0	0	0	180
17/18	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	2	0	0	1	0	176
16/17	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	1	0	0	0	0	45
16/17	UEFA EURO U19 Championship Qualifiers	3	0	0	1	0	225
16/17	KNVB Beker	3	1	0	1	0	256
16/17	U19 Division 1 Fall	2	0	0	0	0	180
16/17	Keuken Kampioen Divisie	17	1	0	3	0	1510
16/17	Eredivisie	11	2	0	0	0	564
16/17	International Friendlies	3	0	0	1	0	200
16/17	UEFA Europa League	9	0	0	2	0	795
16/17	UEFA Champions League Qualifying	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	UEFA Youth League	3	1	0	0	0	225
15/16	UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	3	0	0	0	0	240
15/16	U19 Division 1 Fall	9	2	0	0	0	763
15/16	U19 Cup Netherlands	3	1	0	0	0	270
15/16	Play-Off Championship U18 Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	U19 Division 1 Spring	13	2	0	1	0	1114
15/16	International Friendlies	3	1	0	1	0	240
15/16	U17 Algarve Tournament	1	0	0	0	0	80
15/16	UEFA Youth League	7	1	1	0	0	611
14/15	UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification	1	0	0	0	0	9
14/15	U17 Division 1 Fall	2	0	0	0	0	160
14/15	U19 Division 1 Spring	4	0	0	0	0	283
14/15	U19 Division 2 Spring	1	0	0	0	0	90
14/15	International Friendlies	8	0	0	0	0	585
13/14	International Friendlies	5	0	0	0	0	302

National Team Matches (104)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2025-11-17	Lithuania	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2025-11-14	Netherlands	✈	1:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-10-12	Finland	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-10-09	Netherlands	✈	0:4	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-09-07	Netherlands	✈	2:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	1	0	0	0
2025-09-04	Poland	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-06-10	Malta	🏠	8:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-06-07	Netherlands	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2025-03-23	Netherlands	✈	8:7	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2025-03-20	Spain	🏠	2:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	6	0	0	0
2024-11-19	Netherlands	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2024-11-16	Hungary	🏠	4:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-10-14	Netherlands	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-10-11	Netherlands	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	9	0	0	0
2024-09-10	Germany	🏠	2:2	UEFA Nations League A	45	0	0	0
2024-09-07	Bosnia-Herzegovina	🏠	5:2	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2024-07-10	Netherlands	✈	2:1	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-07-06	Netherlands	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-07-02	Netherlands	✈	0:3	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-06-25	Netherlands	✈	3:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-06-21	Netherlands	✈	0:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-06-16	Netherlands	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2024-06-10	Iceland	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2024-06-06	Canada	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	72	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Netherlands	✈	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2024-03-22	Scotland	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2023-11-21	Netherlands	✈	0:6	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-11-18	Republic of Ireland	🏠	1:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-10-16	Netherlands	✈	0:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-10-13	France	🏠	1:2	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-09-10	Netherlands	✈	1:2	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2023-09-07	Greece	🏠	3:0	European Qualifiers	5	0	0	0
2023-06-18	Italy	🏠	2:3	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2023-06-14	Croatia	🏠	2:4	UEFA Nations League Finals	-	0	0	0
2023-03-27	Gibraltar	🏠	3:0	European Qualifiers	77	0	0	0
2023-03-24	Netherlands	✈	4:0	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2022-12-09	Netherlands	✈	6:5	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-12-03	Netherlands	✈	1:3	World Cup	1	0	0	0
2022-11-29	Netherlands	✈	0:2	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-25	Netherlands	✈	1:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-21	Netherlands	✈	0:2	World Cup	90	0	0	1
2022-09-25	Belgium	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-09-22	Netherlands	✈	0:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-14	Wales	🏠	3:2	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2022-06-11	Poland	🏠	2:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-08	Netherlands	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League A	84	0	0	0
2022-06-03	Netherlands	✈	1:4	UEFA Nations League A	16	0	0	0
2022-03-29	Germany	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2022-03-26	Denmark	🏠	4:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2021-11-16	Norway	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	1
2021-11-13	Netherlands	✈	2:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	1	0	0	0
2021-10-11	Gibraltar	🏠	6:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-10-08	Netherlands	✈	0:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-09-07	Turkiye	🏠	6:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-09-04	Montenegro	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2021-09-01	Netherlands	✈	1:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-06-27	Netherlands	✈	2:0	UEFA Euro	55	0	0	0
2021-06-21	North Macedonia	🏠	3:0	UEFA Euro	90	0	0	0
2021-06-17	Austria	🏠	2:0	UEFA Euro	90	0	0	0
2021-06-13	Ukraine	🏠	3:2	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-06	Georgia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-06-02	Netherlands	✈	2:2	International Friendlies	90	0	0	1
2021-03-30	Netherlands	✈	0:7	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2021-03-27	Latvia	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2021-03-24	Netherlands	✈	4:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2020-11-18	Netherlands	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-11-15	Bosnia-Herzegovina	🏠	3:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-11-11	Spain	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-14	Netherlands	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-10-11	Netherlands	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-10-07	Mexico	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-09-07	Italy	🏠	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-09-04	Poland	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2019-11-19	Estonia	🏠	5:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-11-16	Netherlands	✈	0:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-10-13	Netherlands	✈	1:2	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-10-10	Northern Ireland	🏠	3:1	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-09-09	Netherlands	✈	0:4	European Qualifiers	90	0	1	0
2019-09-06	Netherlands	✈	2:4	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2019-06-09	Netherlands	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League Finals	90	0	0	0
2019-06-06	Netherlands	✈	1:3	UEFA Nations League Finals	120	1	0	1
2019-03-24	Germany	🏠	2:3	European Qualifiers	90	1	0	0
2019-03-21	Belarus	🏠	4:0	European Qualifiers	90	0	0	0
2018-11-19	Netherlands	✈	2:2	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-11-16	France	🏠	2:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-10-16	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2018-10-13	Germany	🏠	3:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-09-09	Netherlands	✈	2:1	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2018-09-06	Peru	🏠	2:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2018-06-04	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	70	0	0	0
2018-05-31	Netherlands	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2018-03-26	Netherlands	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	84	0	2	0
2018-03-23	England	🏠	0:1	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2017-11-14	Netherlands	✈	0:3	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2017-11-09	Netherlands	✈	0:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-10-10	Sweden	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-10-07	Netherlands	✈	1:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-09-03	Bulgaria	🏠	3:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-08-31	Netherlands	✈	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-06-09	Luxembourg	🏠	5:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2017-06-04	Ivory Coast	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-05-31	Netherlands	✈	1:2	International Friendlies	70	0	0	0
2017-03-28	Italy	🏠	1:2	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2017-03-25	Netherlands	✈	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	45	0	0	0