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Matthijs de Ligt
Be the first in the standsDefenderage 276' 2"
Netherlandscurrently Manchester United
Netherlandscurrently Manchester UnitedCareer goals
30
all competitions, from the season archive · club 29 · country 1 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
413
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
6
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Matthijs de Ligt is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. He is known for his aggressive tackling, aerial ability, leadership and strength. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
6 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
Bundesliga
2022–23
Serie A
2019–20
| Team honours6 | ||||
| Bundesliga | ×1 | 2022–23 | Bayern Munich | |
| Serie A | ×1 | 2019–20 | Juventus | |
| Coppa Italia | ×1 | 2020–21 | Juventus | |
| DFL-Supercup | ×1 | 2022 | Bayern Munich | |
| Eredivisie | ×1 | 2018–19 | Ajax | |
| KNVB Cup | ×1 | 2018–19 | Ajax | |
| Individual honours21 | ||||
| Player of the year · 3 | ||||
| ABN AMRO Future Cup Best Player | 2015 | |||
| Copa Amsterdam Best Player | 2015 | |||
| Dutch Footballer of the Year | 2018–19 | |||
| Best young player · 2 | ||||
| Golden Boy | 2018 | |||
| Kopa Trophy | 2019 | |||
| Teams of the season · 11 | ||||
| Eredivisie Team of the Year | ×2 | 2017–18, 2018–19 | ||
| Bundesliga Team of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
| FIFA FIFPro World11 | 2019 | |||
| IFFHS Men's World Team | 2019 | |||
| UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season | 2018–19 | |||
| UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season | 2016–17 | |||
| UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament | 2016 | |||
| UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament | 2019 | |||
| UEFA Team of the Year | 2019 | |||
| VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
| Monthly awards · 1 | ||||
| Bundesliga Rookie of the Month | 2023 | |||
| More honours · 4 | ||||
| Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award) | 2016 | |||
| Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award) | 2018 | |||
| Bundesliga Goal of the Season | 2022–23 | |||
| Johan Cruyff Trophy | 2017–18 | |||
The Record
season by season · 47 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 413 | 30 | 8 | 230 | 53 |
| 2025 | League Cup | Manchester United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | Premier League | Manchester United | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | World Cup qualifiers | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Europa League | Manchester United | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | FA Cup | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Friendlies | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | League Cup | Manchester United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Nations League | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Premier League | Manchester United | 29 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 2023 | Bundesliga | Bayern Munich | 22 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2019 | AFC Ajax | 117 | 13 |
| 2017–now | Netherlands | 50 | 2 |
| 2019–2022 | Juventus FC | 117 | 8 |
| 2022–2024 | FC Bayern Munich | 53 | 5 |
| 2024–now | Manchester United F.C. | 42 | 3 |
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