Career
He started his career in the combined youth department of Football Club Twente and Go Ahead Eagles. Later, at the end of the 2011-2011 season van Dijk transferred to
Leon van Dijk transferred from the combined youth department of Football Club Twente and Go Ahead Eagles to at the end of the 2010-2011 season. He signed a two year contract with the option of an extra year.
Currently he is starting in their second XI which shows his gradual development in the last few years.