Virgil van Dijk now has his own hashtag emoji

Ahead of the FIFA Best Awards, Twitter have created a new batch of hashtag emojis for the potential winners.

One of those potential winners is Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, who has had an amazing year, both for club and country. As such, Twitter have given the Reds’ star his own hashtag emoji, which his a black number four in an orange circle, representing the Netherlands national team.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the other male players to be given the special hashtags, whilst Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Lucy Bronze are the female players to have been given the special recognitions

Full list of the the hashtag emojis:

#Cristiano #CristianoRonaldo #CR7

#Messi #LeoMessi

#VirgilvanDijk #VVD

#AlexMorgan #AM13

#MeganRapinoe #Rapinoe

#LucyBronze #LB2

So, if you want to give Van Dijk some love ahead of the awards, head on over to Twitter and start tweeting about him using the special hashtag emoji!