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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, South West Africa
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 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)
2012Carara 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)
*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

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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]

International career

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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

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  1. ^ Namibia: Virgil Vries Falls From Grace – AllAfrica
  2. ^ Vries Targets PSL Return – Soccer Laduma
  3. ^ Vries is no keeper, cut by Kaizer Chiefs, sport24.co.za, 1 May 2019
  4. ^ Swallows sign Chiefs discard Vries, kickoff.com, 26 September 2019
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