Virgil Vries
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Virgil Christo Vries | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Keetmanshoop, Namibia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Maritzburg United | ||
Number | 30 | ||
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– | Maritzburg United | 32 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Namibia | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5:09 UTC, June 14, 2015 |
Virgil Vries (born 29 March 1989) is a Namibian football goalkeeper who currently plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Maritzburg United.
Club career
Born in Keetmanshoop, Vries joined Golden Arrows in 2011 from Namibian side Eleven Arrows, signing a three-year contract. A November 2011 blunder against Amazulu gained worldwide attention.[1] In January 2012 he was loaned to second division side Carara Kicks.[2]
Later in 2012, he signed a short-term contract with Orlando Pirates in the Namibian Premier League.[3] 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.
International career
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 lose for Namibia. As of 1 June 2014 he played 11 games for Namibia and keep a clean sheet in five games.
References
- ^ Golden howler! Keeper in South Africa left without a leg to stand on after disastrous own goal – Daily Mail
- ^ Namibia: Virgil Vries Falls From Grace – AllAfrica
- ^ Vries Targets PSL Return – Soccer Laduma
External links
- Virgil Vries at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1989 births
- Association football goalkeepers
- Eleven Arrows F.C. players
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
- Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players
- Living people
- Maritzburg United F.C. players
- Namibia international footballers
- Namibian expatriate footballers
- Namibian expatriates in South Africa
- Namibian footballers
- Orlando Pirates F.C. Windhoek players
- People from Keetmanshoop
- Namibian football biography stubs