Danny Blind
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Dirk Franciscus Blind | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1961 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oost-Souburg, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1986 | Sparta Rotterdam | 165 | (18) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1999 | Ajax | 372 | (27) | |||||||||||
| Total | 537 | (45) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1996 | Netherlands | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Ajax | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Ajax (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Netherlands (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Netherlands (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
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. His son is also a Dutch international, and is one of their ten most featured players of all time with over 100 caps.
Career statistics
| Club performance | 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
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ajax |  |
15 March 2005 | 10 May 2006 | 64 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 133 | 74 | +59 | 59.38 |
| 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
- Eredivisie: 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
- KNVB Cup: 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 1993, 1994
- UEFA Champions League: 1995
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1987
- UEFA Cup: 1992
- UEFA Super Cup: 1995
- Intercontinental Cup: 1995
Individual
- Dutch Golden Shoe: 1995, 1996
- ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96
- Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1995
Manager
- Ajax
References
- ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ "Danny Blind". IMDb.
- ↑ "Ajax sign Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. AFC Ajax. 29 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ↑ Danny Blind Level-K
- ↑ Dirk Franciscus Blind "Danny Blind" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine World-Soccer.org
- ↑ "Danny Blind career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- 1 2 "Danny Blind – Career Honours". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Blind wint Gouden Schoen". Ajax Life. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ "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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