Matthijs de Ligt

Matthijs de Ligt is one of those players who genuinely makes you do a double-take the first time you see his age — a centre-back captaining Ajax at 18 and marshalling the Netherlands back line before most kids his age had figured out their university major. His combination of raw physical dominance at 189 cm, aggressive tackling, and composure under pressure felt almost anachronistic, like a throwback to the era of no-nonsense European defenders. The Kopa Trophy in 2018 confirmed what everyone watching had already sensed. His moves through Juventus, Bayern Munich, and then to Manchester United tracked a career still very much in the making, and I think we haven't yet seen the best version of him — which, honestly, is exciting rather than worrying.

Name (English)

Matthijs de Ligt

Name (Japanese)

マタイス・デ・リフト

Reading

またいす・で・りふと

Born

August 12, 1999 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Talent of the year
• Kopa Trophy

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mdeligt_/
• Xhttps://x.com/mdeligt_04
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%88

Tags

• South Holland
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.