FIFA has released a 10 man shortlist for the FIFA Best Player of the Year award and there are three Liverpool players and no Manchester City player on the list.
Van Dijk is accompanied on the shortlist by Liverpool team-mates Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane following their Champions League win.
His fellow Netherlands internationals Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt are also nominated after helping their country to the Nations League final.
Full list
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona, Netherlands), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Netherlands), Harry Kane (Tottenham, England), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid, Belgium), Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Senegal), Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France), Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)