Danny Blind

**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

|colspan="3"|Club performance|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|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|||
|rowspan="13"|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|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Ajax||align=left|15 March 2005|align=left|10 May 2006||||
|align=left|Netherlands||align=left|1 July 2015|align=left|26 March 2017||||

### 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
- KNVB Cup: 2006
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2005

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Danny Blind
- **image**: Danny Blind looking up.jpg
- **full name**: Dirk Franciscus Blind
- **birth place**: Oost-Souburg, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.76 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **years1**: 1979–1986
- **clubs1**: Sparta Rotterdam
- **caps1**: 165
- **goals1**: 18
- **years2**: 1986–1999
- **clubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps2**: 372
- **goals2**: 27
- **totalcaps**: 537
- **totalgoals**: 45
- **nationalyears1**: 1986–1996
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps1**: 42
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs1**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **manageryears2**: 2009–2011
- **managerclubs2**: AFC Ajax, Ajax (assistant coach)
- **manageryears3**: 2012–2015
- **managerclubs3**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands (assistant coach)
- **manageryears4**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs4**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears5**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs5**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands (assistant coach)