Virgil Vries
Personal information
Full name Virgil Christo Vries
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989
Place of birth Keetmanshoop, South West Africa
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Moroka Swallows
Number 37
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 32 (0)
2017–2018 Baroka 20 (0)
2018–2019 Kaizer Chiefs 5 (0)
2019– Moroka Swallows 16 (0)
International career‡
2009– Namibia 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2018

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.[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

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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