Virgil Vries

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Virgil Vries
Personal information
Full name Virgil Christo Vries
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Keetmanshoop, Namibia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 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)
2012Carara 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.

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