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Danny Blind

Danny Blind (born 1 August 1961) is a former Dutch football player. He played for Netherlands national team. Blind is the father of professional footballer Daley Blind, who has played for Ajax and Manchester United.[3] His son is also a Dutch international, and is one of their ten most featured players of all time with over 100 caps.

Danny Blind
Danny Blind looking up.jpg
Personal information
Full nameDirk Franciscus Blind[1]
Date of birth1 August 1961 (aged 64)
Place of birthOost-Souburg, Netherlands
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1986Sparta Rotterdam165(18)
1986–1999Ajax372(27)
Total537(45)
National team
1986–1996Netherlands42(1)
Teams managed
2005–2006Ajax
2009–2011Ajax (assistant coach)
2012–2015Netherlands (assistant coach)
2015–2017Netherlands
2021–2022Netherlands (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club performance[4][5] League Cup Continental Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
Sparta Rotterdam 1979–80 Eredivisie 13 0 2 0 - - 15 0
1980–81 Eredivisie 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
1981–82 Eredivisie 10 2 2 0 - - 12 2
1982–83 Eredivisie 34 3 1 0 - - 35 3
1983–84 Eredivisie 34 5 3 0 6 0 43 5
1984–85 Eredivisie 30 3 4 0 - - 34 3
1985–86 Eredivisie 34 5 1 0 4 0 39 5
Ajax 1986–87 Eredivisie 29 4 5 0 7 0 41 4
1987–88 Eredivisie 31 0 1 0 8 1 40 1
1988–89 Eredivisie 30 2 3 0 - - 33 2
1989–90 Eredivisie 34 0 4 0 - - 38 0
1990–91 Eredivisie 34 2 3 0 - - 37 2
1991–92 Eredivisie 30 2 3 1 12 1 45 4
1992–93 Eredivisie 28 4 5 0 8 0 41 4
1993–94 Eredivisie 30 1 4 3 6 0 40 4
1994–95 Eredivisie 34 5 3 0 10 0 49 5
1995–96 Eredivisie 31 3 1 0 8 0 40 3
1996–97 Eredivisie 16 0 0 0 5 0 21 0
1997–98 Eredivisie 26 1 4 1 7 0 37 2
1998–99 Eredivisie 19 3 2 0 3 0 24 3
Ajax 372 27 38 5 84 2 494 34
Career total 537 45 51 5 94 2 682 54

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 March 2017[6]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ajax Netherlands 15 March 2005 10 May 2006 64 38 10 16 133 74 +59 59.38
Netherlands Netherlands 1 July 2015 26 March 2017 17 7 3 7 26 25 +1 41.18
Total 81 45 13 23 159 99 +60 55.56

Honours

Player

Ajax[7]

Individual

Manager

Ajax[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Danny Blind". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Ajax sign Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. AFC Ajax. 29 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Danny Blind Level-K
  5. ↑ Dirk Franciscus Blind "Danny Blind" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine World-Soccer.org
  6. ↑ "Danny Blind career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Danny Blind – Career Honours". Soccerway.
  8. ↑ "Blind wint Gouden Schoen". Ajax Life. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 2014-08-30.


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