🔝 No rest, no subs! This World Cup star smashes all fitness records | OneFootball

There are dependable footballers, there are ever-presents — and then there is Virgil van Dijk. At a time when workload limits in modern professional football are being debated more fiercely than ever, the captain of the Dutch national team is putting up statistical numbers that seem to come from another planet.

According to 'Squawka', the Liverpool star is the only outfield player at this World Cup to have played every single minute for his national team AND, at the same time, not missed a single second in the domestic league during the recently concluded club season (only Europe’s top seven leagues were taken into account).

Whether in the gruelling Premier League wearing the Liverpool FC shirt or as the emotional and tactical anchor of the Oranje on the biggest stage in the world, the 34-year-old simply does not do breaks. Neither muscle issues, tactical substitutions, nor the threat of a second yellow could disrupt his rhythm.

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While other superstars are wrapped in cotton wool or need to be rested as a tournament goes on, Van Dijk remains the personification of consistency at centre-back.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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