| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Virgil Christo Vries | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35) | ||
| 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) |
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*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.
Club career
In January 2012 he was loaned to second division side Carara Kicks.
Later in 2012, he signed a short-term contract with Orlando Pirates in the Namibian Premier League. 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, Vries joined Moroka Swallows on 26 September 2019.
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 loss for Namibia. As of 1 June 2014 he has played 11 games for Namibia and kept a clean sheet in five games.
References
- Namibia: Virgil Vries Falls From Grace – AllAfrica
- Vries Targets PSL Return – Soccer Laduma
- Vries is no keeper, cut by Kaizer Chiefs, sport24.co.za, 1 May 2019
- Swallows sign Chiefs discard Vries, kickoff.com, 26 September 2019
External links
- Virgil Vries at National-Football-Teams.com
- Virgil Vries at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Namibia men's international footballers
- Namibian expatriate men's footballers
- Namibian men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Living people
- Eleven Arrows F.C. players
- Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. players
- Durban City F.C. (2024) players
- Orlando Pirates S.C. players
- Baroka F.C. players
- Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players
- Moroka Swallows F.C. players
- South African Premier Division players
- National First Division players
- People from Keetmanshoop
- Sportspeople from ǁKaras Region
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Namibian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Carara Kicks F.C. players