Matthijs de Ligt
Matthijs de Ligt is a Dutch centre-back born in Leiderdorp in 1999. He joined Ajax’s academy at nine and played as an attacking midfielder until turning 15, before developing into a defender. De Ligt made his Ajax first-team debut in 2016, scoring from a corner against Willem II and later starting the 2017 Europa League final. In 2018, he became Ajax’s youngest captain and won the Golden Boy award, the first defender to receive it. He led Ajax in the 2019 Champions League knockout stage before transferring to Juventus that summer. At Juventus, Matthijs de Ligt won Serie A, then moved to Bayern Munich in 2022, where he continued as a central defender. He joined Manchester United in 2024, adding experience at the heart of their defence, while also representing the Netherlands at international level.
Season snapshot
Overall season statistics (all competitions).
| Season | Matches | Minutes | Goals | Assists | G/90 | A/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1215 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3675 | 2 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 |
| 2023 | 33 | 2031 | 2 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3682 | 3 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3692 | 3 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 53 | 4400 | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3355 | 4 | 0 | 0.11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 53 | 4759 | 7 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3089 | 3 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1539 | 3 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 |
| 2015 | 10 | 764 | 1 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 |
Form - Last 10 games
Strengths Analysis Season 2025
Role: DefenderTop attributes (percentile)
Recent Matches
Premier League - Old Trafford, Manchester, England
UEFA Champions League - Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como, Italy
World Cup - Qualification Europe
Teams
Transfers
Bayern München
Manchester United
Juventus
Bayern München
Ajax
Juventus
Honors
