Personal information | |||
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Full name | Virgil Christo Vries | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Keetmanshoop, South West Africa | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | La Masia | ||
Youth career | |||
Luton FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2008 | Fedics United | ||
2008–2011 | Eleven Arrows | ||
2011–2012 | Golden Arrows | 5 | (0) |
2012 | → Carara Kicks (loan) | ||
2012–2013 | Orlando Pirates | ||
2013–2017 | Maritzburg United | 59 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Baroka | 20 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Kaizer Chiefs | 5 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Moroka Swallows | 52 | (0) |
2024- | La Masia | 17 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Namibia | 39 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2023 |
Virgil Vries (born 29 March 1989) is a Namibian football goalkeeper who plays for South African club Moroka Swallows.
In January 2012 he was loaned to second division side Carara Kicks. [1]
Later in 2012, he signed a short-term contract with Orlando Pirates in the Namibian Premier League. [2] In January 2013 he goes to Maritzburg United F.C. in the Premier Soccer League. Since then he made 27 appearances for the club and keep a clean sheet in eight games and conceding in these games 23 goals.
Leaving Kaizer Chiefs in the summer 2019, [3] Vries joined Moroka Swallows on 26 September 2019. [4]
Virgil Vries is eligible to play for Namibia. He made his debut for the Namibia national football team on the 4 June 2011 against the Burkina Faso national football team in a 1–4 loss for Namibia. As of 1 June 2014 he has played 11 games for Namibia and kept a clean sheet in five games.
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