Daley Blind
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Blind in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daley Blind | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Left back Centre back Defensive midfielder |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Manchester United | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | AFC | ||
| 1998–2008 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Ajax | 102 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Groningen (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2014– | Manchester United | 76 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | Netherlands U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Netherlands U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Netherlands U21 | 23 | (0) |
| 2013– | Netherlands | 42 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Daley Blind (born 9 March 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, left-back and centre-back for English club Manchester United and the Netherlands national team. He is the son of former Ajax defender and current Netherlands national team manager Danny Blind.
Blind rose through the youth ranks at Ajax, becoming a regular after a loan to Groningen, and won four consecutive Eredivisie titles with the club. In September 2014, he transferred to Manchester United for £13.8 million.
A full international since 2013, he has earned over 40 caps and was a member of the Dutch squad that finished third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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. Blind 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. before earning promotion to the Ajax first team for the 2008–09 season. He was a midfielder through his journey up the Ajax youth levels, often playing the 'No. 6' or 'third centre-back' role. He showed good promise as a youngster and was made captain of Jong Ajax in 2007. He signed his first professional contract at 17 tying him to the club until 1 July 2010.
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. On 19 December 2008, he signed a contract extension keeping him with Ajax until 30 June 2013.
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