Danny Blind

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Danny Blind
Personal information
Full name Dirk Franciscus Blind[1]
Date of birth (1961-08-01) 1 August 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1986 Sparta Rotterdam 165 (18)
1986–1999 Ajax 372 (27)
Total 537 (45)
National team
1986–1996 Netherlands 42 (1)
Teams managed
2005–2006 Ajax
2009–2011 Ajax (assistant coach)
2012–2015 Netherlands (assistant coach)
2015–2017 Netherlands
2021–2022 Netherlands (assistant coach)
Honours
Representing  Netherlands
UEFA European Championship
Third place 1992 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Career statistics[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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 +59 059.38
Netherlands Netherlands 1 July 2015 26 March 2017 17 7 3 7 26 25 +1 041.18
Total 81 45 13 23 159 99 +60 055.56

Honours[change | change source]

Player[change | change source]

Ajax[7]

Individual

Manager[change | change source]

Ajax[7]

References[change | change source]

  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" 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.