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Ultimate Football Heroes: Van Dijk
Ultimate Football Heroes (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Jude Owusu
- Publisher
- Dino Books
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2025
- Run Time
- 3 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Association football (Soccer), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation, Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
What to expect
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN AUDIO - Listen to Virgil van Dijk's story for the first time!
Name: Virgil van Dijk
Nationality: Dutch
Hero Rating: 90
Virgil van Dijk started his football career at the age of seven with his local youth team, WDS'19. Originally hoping to be a striker, his natural defence skills shone through and he signed for Liverpool FC for a world record fee as their superstar centre-back.
Discover how he went from washing dishes to pay his way during his early career to becoming one of the best defenders in the world. This is the story of how Virgil became a true Liverpool legend. Follow his journey as he fights adversity and works his way up to become an ultimate football hero.
Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.
Collect them all!
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Details
- Author
- Matt & Tom Oldfield, illustrated by Dan Leydon
- Narrator
- Jude Owusu
- Duration
- 3 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781789469295
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Dino Books
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Association football (Soccer), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation, Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Synopsis
FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN AUDIO - Listen to Virgil van Dijk's story for the first time!Name: Virgil van DijkNationality: DutchHero Rating: 90Virgil van Dijk started his football career at the age of seven with his local youth team, WDS'19. Originally hoping to be a striker, his natural defence skills shone through and he signed for Liverpool FC for a world record fee as their superstar centre-back. Discover how he went from washing dishes to pay his way during his early career to becoming one of the best defenders in the world. This is the story of how Virgil became a true Liverpool legend. Follow his journey as he fights adversity and works his way up to become an ultimate football hero.Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.Collect them all!
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