Daley Blind
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AFC Amsterdam | |||
| 1998–2008 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008– | Ajax | 43 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Groningen (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Netherlands U-17 | 10 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U-19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2009– | Netherlands U-21 | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 15, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 19, 2007 | |||
Daley Blind (rhymes with "pinned", not with "mind") (born 9 March 1990 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional football defender currently playing for Eredivisie side AFC Ajax.
Career
Blind began his career in the youth academy of his hometown club, AFC Ajax; the same club where his father Danny made his name as a professional.[1] Daley is a product of the Ajax youth system and, while officially still a B-junior, he became a mainstay in the A-juniors during the 2007–08 season.[2] before earning promotion to the Ajax first team for the 2008–09 season.[3] He signed his first professional contract at age seventeen tying him to the club until 1 July 2010.[2]
On 7 December 2008, Blind made his debut in the Ajax first team in the away match against FC Volendam. Blind made an immediate impact when he forced a cornerkick through a Volendam defender, from which Jan Vertonghen scored the winning goal for Ajax.[3]
On 19 December 2008, he signed a contract extension keeping him with Ajax until 30 June 2013[4][5]
International career
Blind was called up to the U-17 squad for 2007 European Championships. After missing out the opening match through suspension, he scored a brace against Iceland in the second match[6] but picked up an ankle injury in that match that ended his participation in the remainder of the tournament.[7] He was called up to the U-21's for several 2011 European Championship qualifiers but did not leave the bench. On 13 October he made his first appearance in the campaign, coming on as a substitute for Ajax teammate Siem de Jong in a 4–0 win away at Poland.
On 5 January 2010 he joined on loan FC Groningen for the rest of the 2009–10 season[8]
Personal life
He is the son of former Ajax defender Danny Blind.[2]
Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of matches played on 5 February 2012[9]
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other[10] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ajax | Eredivisie | 2008–09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| FC Groningen (loan) | 2009–10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Ajax | 2010–11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
Honours
Club
- Eredivisie (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
References
- ^ FC Groningen concreet voor Blind (19)
- ^ a b c "Ajax sign Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Blind helps Ajax win in debut". Ajax.nl. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "New contract for Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ^ "Daley Blind langer bij Ajax" (in Dutch). telegraaf.nl. 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Blind double lifts Dutch". uefa.com. 4 May 2007.
- ^ "Sidelined Blind's faith in team". uefa.com. 6 May 2007.
- ^ "Daley Blind on loan to FC Groningen". Ajax.nl. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Football: Daley Blind". Voetbal International. Retrieved 6 Juni 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Johan Cruijff-schaal and Eredivisie playoffs
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