Danny Blind
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dirk Franciscus Blind | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Oost-Souburg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Netherlands (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1986 | Sparta Rotterdam | 165 | (18) |
| 1986–1999 | Ajax | 372 | (27) |
| Total | 537 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1996 | Netherlands | 42 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ajax | ||
| 2009–2011 | Ajax (assistant coach) | ||
| 2012–2015 | Netherlands (assistant coach) | ||
| 2015– | Netherlands | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (Dutch pronunciation: [dɪrk frɑnˈsɪskəz ˈdɛni blɪnt]; born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch retired international football player and current coach. He played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He currently works as head coach of the Netherlands national team, succeeding Guus Hiddink on 1 August 2015 after Hiddink's contract was terminated.
Blind was born in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands. He is one of the two Dutch players, together with Arnold Mühren, to have won all UEFA club competitions.
Blind made his professional football debut on 29 August 1979 with Sparta Rotterdam. He stayed under contract with Sparta for seven seasons when in July 1986 he transferred to Ajax, attracted there by manager Johan Cruyff. Blind's signing, however, was much to the chagrin of Ajax superstar Marco van Basten, who was upset that his manager had brought in a relatively unknown, defensive player from a fairly small club like Sparta, instead of splashing out on a big-money, big-name transfer. With Ajax, Blind amassed an impressive 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 also secured the Intercontinental Cup in 1995 against Brazil's Grêmio by scoring the winning penalty in the penalty shoot-out.
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