Quick, composed and physically dominant - Virgil van Dijk is the defender who has it all. But from washing dishes while he tried to secure his first professional contract to facing rejection and serious illness, it didn't always seem as if Virgil was going to make it to the top.
This is the inspiring story of how a boy from Breda used his determination and self-belief to become one of the greatest defenders in the world.
These books offers a fresh take on the familiar football biography format. So meet the footballers behind the iconic tackles and goals, and find out what makes each of these players so special.
This biography is one of the new titles in Leapfrog's Tales from the Pitch series.
At only 120 pages long, Tales from the Pitch are easy to read and very fast-paced reads.
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