Daley Blind ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈdeːli ˈblɪnt ] ; born 9 March 1990 ) is a dutch professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder, left-back or centre-back for Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is the son of former Ajax defender and erstwhile Netherlands national team director Danny Blind. [ 4 ] Blind rose through the youth ranks at Ajax, becoming a regular after a loanword to Groningen, and won four consecutive Eredivisie titles with the clubhouse. In September 2014, he transferred to Manchester United for £13.8 million, where he was separate of the team that won four trophies including the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Europa League. In the summer of 2018, Blind returned to Ajax where he won his fifth Eredivisie title and first-ever KNVB Cup in his first season back at the club.
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A full external since 2013, Blind has earned over 80 caps and was a member of the Dutch squad that finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, besides featuring at UEFA Euro 2020 .
Club career [edit ]
ajax [edit ]
Blind began his career in the young person academy of his hometown club, Ajax ; the lapp golf club where his don Danny made his mention as a professional. [ 5 ] Blind is a product of the Ajax youth system and, while officially placid a B-junior, he became a mainstay in the A-juniors during the 2007–08 season. [ 4 ] before earning promotion to the Ajax first-team for the 2008–09 temper. [ 6 ] He was a midfielder through his travel up the Ajax youth levels, much playing the ‘No. 6 ‘ or ‘third centre-back ‘ character. He showed good promise as a child and was made captain of Jong Ajax in 2007. [ 7 ] He signed his first professional abridge at the age of 17, tying him to the club until 1 July 2010. [ 4 ] On 7 December 2008, Blind made his debut in the Ajax first-team in the away meet against FC Volendam. Blind made an immediate impact when he forced a recess recoil through a Volendam defender, from which Jan Vertonghen scored the succeed goal for Ajax. [ 6 ] On 19 December 2008, he signed a contract extension keeping him with Ajax until 30 June 2013. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
loanword to Groningen [edit ]
On 5 January 2010, he joined Groningen on lend for the remainder of the 2009–10 season, during the winter transfer window. [ 10 ] At Groningen, Blind was chiefly used as a right-back. [ 11 ] He was about sold to Groningen for €1.5 million by Ajax on a permanent wave basis but the motion did not materialize. [ 7 ]
back from loanword go [edit ]
Blind playing for Ajax in 2011 The follow two seasons saw Blind put up to two Eredivisie national championships with Ajax, for the 2010–11 season, and the 2011–12 season, the first of which would be Ajax ‘s thirtieth championship title. however, Blind ‘s performances when given the gamble were unconvincing and he was even booed off the field in an Eredivisie game. [ 7 ] Under newly appointed coach Frank de Boer, Blind would be given more and more confidence and play fourth dimension, earning him the place as the beginning choice left-back with a permanent wave starting position during the 2012–13 season. [ 12 ] On 23 April 2013, it was announced by Marc Overmars that Ajax and Blind had reached an agreement to extend his contract for three years, binding him to the golf club until the summer of 2016. [ 13 ] On 5 May, Blind contributed to Ajax ‘s third base Dutch Eredivisie entitle in a rowing, marking the club ‘s 32nd national title, helping to defeat Willem II 5–0 at home, and securing the top position on the table equitable one match day from temper ‘s end. Later that day it was announced that Blind had been declared AFC Ajax Player of the class for the 2012–13 season, after playing an outstanding fifth year for Ajax, from the starting left-back position. During the 2013–14 season, De Boer moved Blind back to his lifelike defensive cardinal midfielder military position and was named Dutch Footballer of the year as Ajax won a fourth consecutive league title. [ 14 ]
manchester United [edit ]
On 30 August 2014, Manchester United reached an agreement to sign Blind, subject to a medical and agreement of personal terms. [ 15 ] The remove was completed on 1 September 2014, for a fee of £13.8 million. [ 16 ]
Blind playing for Manchester United in 2017 Blind made his debut 13 days after his sign, playing the wide 90 minutes as United beat Queens Park Rangers 4–0 at Old Trafford for their first victory of the temper. [ 17 ] His first goal for the club came on 20 October, a 20-yard strike that earned United a 2–2 draw at West Bromwich Albion. [ 18 ] On 16 November, Blind sustained a knee ligament injury in the Netherlands ‘ UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Latvia [ 19 ] which kept him out of the Manchester United team for the end of 2014. On 11 January 2015, Blind returned to the United team, starting in refutation in a 1–0 passing to Southampton at Old Trafford. [ 20 ] On 8 February, he scored an injury-time counterweight for United in a 1–1 draw against West Ham. [ 21 ]
Although throughout the previous season Blind was used as a defensive midfielder or left-back, Blind started the season as a centre-back, where he played for the majority of the season. On 12 September 2015, he scored his first goal of the temper in a 3–1 win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, besides being named man of the match for his performance. [ 22 ]
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He began the 2016–17 Premier League season as first choice center-back alongside Chris Smalling, however, lost his place in the team following a render to form of Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo. He worked his way rear to the first-team, but featured largely at left-back, replacing first choice left-back Luke Shaw. He scored his first goal of the season against Sunderland on Boxing Day, charging into the box to connect with a bye from Zlatan Ibrahimović and finishing first gear into the bottom corner. [ 23 ] He started the Europa League final examination against his former team Ajax, which Manchester United won 2–0. [ 24 ]
refund to Ajax [edit ]
On 17 July 2018, both Manchester United and Ajax announced they had agreed a transfer for Blind to return to Ajax for a four-year manage and a fee of €16 million with conditional add-ons. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] On 16 December 2018, Blind scored his beginning aged hat-trick, in an 8–0 league succeed over De Graafschap at family, whilst play as a centre-back. [ 27 ] In August 2020, Blind collapsed during a pre-season friendly and was due for medical exams before returning to training. [ 28 ]
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Blind was called up to the Netherlands under-17 team for 2007 european Championships. After missing out the unfold couple through abeyance, he scored a brace against Iceland in the second match [ 29 ] but picked up an ankle injury in that match that ended his participation in the remainder of the tournament. [ 30 ] He was called up to the under-21 team for several 2011 european Championship qualifiers but did not leave the judiciary. On 13 October, he made his first appearance in the campaign, coming on as a stand-in for Ajax teammate Siem de Jong in a 4–0 win away at Poland .
aged [edit ]
Having had former call-ups, Blind made his debut for the Netherlands senior team on 6 February 2013, in the starting left-back position, against Italy in a friendly meet at the Amsterdam Arena. The match ended in a 1–1 withdraw, with Blind playing the full 90 minutes. [ 31 ] In June 2014, he was selected in the Netherlands police squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was a newcomer at leave wing-back for the team ‘s opening match against Spain, assisting goals for Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben, as the Oranje won 5–1. [ 32 ] He scored his first goal for the Netherlands in a 3–0 defeat of Brazil in the third-place play-off. [ 33 ]
personal life [edit ]
He is the son of former Ajax defender and former Netherlands national team director Danny Blind. [ 4 ] His wife gave birth to their son in October 2019 .
Health [edit ]
On 21 December 2019, it was revealed Blind had been diagnosed with myocardial inflammation, and had been fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. [ 34 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 7 November 2021[35][36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Ajax
2008–09
Eredivisie
5
0
0
0
—
1[a]
0
—
6
0
2009–10
Eredivisie
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
—
0
0
2010–11
Eredivisie
10
0
4
0
—
4[b]
0
0
0
18
0
2011–12
Eredivisie
21
0
1
0
—
3[c]
0
1[d]
0
26
0
2012–13
Eredivisie
34
2
3
0
—
8[e]
0
1[d]
0
46
2
2013–14
Eredivisie
29
1
6
0
—
8[e]
0
1[d]
0
44
1
2014–15
Eredivisie
3
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
3
0
Total
102
3
14
0
—
24
0
3
0
143
3
Groningen (loan)
2009–10
Eredivisie
17
0
0
0
—
—
2[f]
0
19
0
Manchester United
2014–15
Premier League
25
2
4
0
0
0
—
—
29
2
2015–16
Premier League
35
1
7
1
2
0
12[g]
0
—
56
2
2016–17
Premier League
23
1
1
0
3
0
11[b]
0
1[h]
0
39
1
2017–18
Premier League
7
0
1
0
3
0
6[i]
1
0
0
17
1
Total
90
4
13
1
8
0
29
1
1
0
141
6
Ajax
2018–19
Eredivisie
34
5
5
1
—
18[i]
0
—
57
6
2019–20
Eredivisie
20
0
2
0
—
11[j]
0
1[d]
1
34
1
2020–21
Eredivisie
23
1
3
0
—
8[k]
0
—
34
1
2021–22
Eredivisie
12
0
0
0
—
4[i]
1
1[d]
0
17
1
Total
89
6
10
1
—
41
1
2
1
142
9
Career total
298
13
37
2
8
0
94
2
8
1
445
18
International [edit ]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[37]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Netherlands
2013
8
0
2014
17
2
2015
9
0
2016
8
0
2017
10
0
2018
8
0
2019
9
0
2020
5
0
2021
14
0
Total
88
2
- Scores and results list Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Blind goal.
Honours [edit ]
Ajax [ 40 ]
Manchester United
Individual