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Danny Blind
Personal information
Full name Dirk Franciscus Blind
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 AFC Ajax (Director of football)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1986 Sparta Rotterdam 165 (18)
1986–1999 AFC Ajax 372 (27)
Total 537 (45)
International career
1986–1996 Netherlands 42 (1)
Managerial career
2005–2006 AFC Ajax
2007–2008 Sparta Rotterdam (Director of Football)
2008– AFC Ajax (Director of Football)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (born 1 August 1961 in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands) is a football coach and former Dutch international player. He played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax and the Dutch national team. He is the only Dutch player to have won all international club competitions recognised by UEFA and FIFA .[2]

His son, Daley, has followed in his footsteps and also plays as a defender for Ajax,[3] although is currently out on loan at FC Groningen.

Playing career

Blind made his professional football debut on 29 August 1979 with Sparta. He would stay under contract with Sparta for seven seasons. In July 1986 he transferred to Ajax. Blind had been attracted there by the then manager Johan Cruijff. With Ajax he amassed an amazing trophy list. Winning all three European trophies (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1987, the UEFA Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 1995). He secured the Intercontinental Cup, in 1995 against Brazil's Grêmio, by scoring the winning penalty in the penalty shoot-out. He would again be a penalty hero when he converted twice against Real Zaragoza in the European Super Cup Final of 1995, which Ajax won 4 - 1 over the two legs. The two penalties that Blind converted where in the 65th and 69th minutes of the second leg effectively putting the title out of reach for Real Zaragoza. Domestically, with Ajax, he won five Dutch Eredivisie Championships and four national cups. He retired on 16 May 1999.

Management career

Blind was head coach at Ajax from 14 March 2005 (appointed as successor to Ronald Koeman) until 10 May 2006, after only 422 days in charge. He led Ajax to victory in the Gatorade Cup and the Johan Cruyff Shield.

In December 2006 Blind crashed his car into a parked vehicle, injuring a 48-year old woman. A two-year-old child in her car remained uninjured. Blind had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. [4]

In 2007-08, he became football director at his old club, Sparta. In the summer of 2008 he's returning to Ajax, to become the new football director in Amsterdam.

Career statistics

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Playing honours

AFC Ajax

Managerial honours

AFC Ajax

References

  1. ^ "Biography for Danny Blind".
  2. ^ UEFA competition records
  3. ^ "Ajax sign Daly Blind". Ajax.nl. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  4. ^ Danny Blind betrokken bij aanrijding, rtl.nl
  5. ^ Danny Blind
  6. ^ http://www.world-soccer.org/p-21017.htm
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See also


Awards
Preceded by Dutch Golden Shoe Winner
1995 – 1996 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by AFC Ajax managers
2005 – 2006 		Succeeded by
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