On May 17, 2019, he announced that he would stop as Juventus coach after the 2018/19 season. During the 2018-2019 season, De Ligt was regarded at home and abroad as a huge talent. During the following season, 2016-2017, he experienced his national and international breakthrough at a very young age. During the preparation for the new season with Jong Ajax, De Ligt was part of the A-selection several times. During the PSV-Excelsior match (6-1 win) exactly three weeks later, he scored three times in one match for the first time and gave one assist. Ajax is organized for the B-juniors. On August 8, 2016, he made his professional debut with Jong Ajax in the First Division. He had to leave the club on January 13, 2014, one day after the defeat (4-3) at his former employer Sassuolo. In the 2013/14 season he played on loan for Brøndby IF and in 2014 for IFK Göteborg. National coach Danny Blind selected De Ligt for the Dutch national football team in March 2017 for a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup against Bulgaria and a friendly match against Italy. However, on November 14, 2017, Advocaat gave him a chance for revenge, and he was placed in the starting line-up in the friendly match against Romania.

He became the youngest player ever to be drafted in a European Cup final after playing in the final against Manchester United on 24 May 2017, aged 17 years and 285 days. In December of that year, he was selected by UEFA in the 2018 Champions League breakthrough team, a list of young players who have made breakthroughs in this competition. In February, in the games against Real Madrid, he became the youngest ever captain in the knockout phase of the Champions League. On February 27, he played his hundredth official match in Ajax 1 against Feyenoord. On April 16, he scored the winning goal in the quarter-final away match at Juventus with the header, which saw Ajax qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League. See UEFA Cup 2008/09 for the main article on this subject. ACF Fiorentina have made 12 previous appearances in UEFA competitions against English clubs, most recently losing to Tottenham Hotspur in the 16th finals of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Six of those games were won and three were lost.

He also scored with his head in the semi-final home game against Tottenham Hotspur, but Ajax lost 2-3 and failed to reach the final. The French government has protested against the decision, stating that a department may only fly the French flag. He played his other two games for the national team against Guatemala and Sweden. After saved chances for Kevin De Bruyne and Paul Pogba, Lukaku seemed to score the winning goal for Belgium, but that goal was disallowed for offside. ↑ How has Jordan Lukaku fared since his return to Lazio? The former midfielder left for Grosseto in 2005 and ended up at Sassuolo in 2007. In February 2005 a branch was opened in Haarlem. He made his debut for Paris Saint-Germain in February 2021. In February 2018, he signed a contract until the end of the season with Deportivo La Coruña, which signed him on a free transfer. ↑ Debut of Miguel Ángel Calero (Deportivo Cali) and Freddy Leon (Millonarios) for Colombia. However, De Ligt was less able to show himself internationally, because Ajax did not qualify for European football, and the Dutch national team did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup. This season he formed the heart of the defense together with Nick Viergever, Maximilian Wöber and Frankie Young.

It largely built on the team of its predecessor, but also made some minor changes. In 2004, Trésor was asked in an interview about his all-time personal French national team. He led team including Josep Samitier, Sagi-Barba and Franz Platko to the Catalan title and win of the Copa del Rey in 1928. Halfway through the 1928/1929 season Forns was replaced as head coach by James Bellamy. He was appointed head coach of Juventus in 2014. At the end of 2014 it was announced that Jordan Lukaku and his brother Romelu had set up a company in Luxembourg through their father to transfer money to avoid taxes. Wilmots responded that he regretted not putting Lukaku out when he was ten times late for the European Championship. ↑ Red Devils – Romelu Lukaku will not soon forget the international match against Portugal. Blind gave De Ligt, partly due to the absence of Ron Vlaar, Stefan de Vrij, Jeffrey Bruma and Virgil van Dijk, a starting place in the match against Bulgaria on March 25, 2017. He formed the central defense duo with Bruno Martins Indi. De Ligt made his debut in the Dutch national football team in 2017.