He was the top goal scorer in the 2010–11 A-League regular season and made a name for himself in Australian football for his prolific scoring tally.

[3] Van Dijk started his career at local club LTC in Assen before he was drafted into the FC Groningen youth academy.

[4] Van Dijk started off the season slowly, only scoring one goal in his first ten matches although managing six assists at the time.

Van Dijk made his scoring debut for the Reds in their 2–0 away win against Shandong Luneng on matchday 2 of the Champions League campaign.

[17] After two productive seasons with Suphanburi, van Dijk returned to former club Adelaide United as their Asian player for the 2016 AFC Champions League campaign.

[18][19] On 9 February 2016, he made his sole appearance for Adelaide in their short-lived campaign, coming off the bench as a substitute against Shandong Luneng, in the third qualifying round play-off at Hindmarsh Stadium.

[20] After being clubless and trained with his former club FC Emmen,[21] he finally decided to come back to Persib Bandung[22] and was re-united with former Adelaide United colleague Marcos Flores.

The Football Association of Indonesia announced that van Dijk was being naturalized, so that he could play in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.