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Matthijs de Ligt

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Matthijs de Ligt (born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. De Ligt made his debut for Ajax's senior team in September 2016 in a cup game against Willem II. He scored from a corner after 25 minutes, making him the club's second-youngest goalscorer ever behind Clarence Seedorf. On 24 May 2017, De Ligt became the youngest ever player (aged 17 years and 285 days) to appear in a considerable European final when he started against Manchester United in the Europa League final. In December 2018, he won the Golden Boy award given to the year's best footballer in Europe under the age of 21, becoming the first defender to do so. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthijs de Ligt is the 3,985th most popular soccer player (down from 3,131st in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 785th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 3,985 out of 21,273. Before him are Valdir Espinosa, John Danielsen, Mike Maignan, Ashley Young, Gyula Rákosi, and Omar Caetano. After him are Kim Joo-sung, Tomislav Erceg, Guillermo Riveros, Ryoko Uno, Nelson Acosta, and Hermann Nuber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 23. Before him are Reece James, Hirohide Adachi, Omar Marmoush, Mikey Madison, Guanyu Zhou, and Damiano David. After him are Belle Delphine, Kyohei Ueda, Lando Norris, Diogo Costa, Riqui Puig, and Shuta Araki.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 833 out of 1,646. Before him are Antonius van den Broek (1870), Renée Soutendijk (1957), Jopie Selbach (1918), Ewine van Dishoeck (1955), Laura Fygi (1955), and Dean Huijsen (2005). After him are Anneke van Giersbergen (1973), Betje Wolff (1738), Atje Keulen-Deelstra (1938), Gejus van der Meulen (1903), Lucebert (1924), and Arie Schans (1952).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Matthijs de Ligt ranks 110. Before him are John van Loen (1965), Berry van Aerle (1962), Ryan Babel (1986), Jan van Beveren (1948), Adrie van Kraay (1953), and Dean Huijsen (2005). After him are Gejus van der Meulen (1903), Arie Schans (1952), Foppe de Haan (1943), Hugo Hovenkamp (1950), Pieter Huistra (1967), and Anton Pronk (1941).

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