Virgil Vries
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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)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 February 2023 | |||
Virgil Vries (born 29 March 1989) is a Namibian football goalkeeper who plays for South African club MM Platinum.
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]