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Daley Blind 
Personal information Date of birth 9 March 1990 Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Left back Club information Current club Ajax Number 17 Youth career –1998 AFC Amsterdam 1998– Ajax Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2008– Ajax 15 (0) 2010 → Groningen (loan) 17 (0) National team‡ 2006–2007 Netherlands U-17 10 (4) 2008–2009 Netherlands U-19 7 (2) 2009– Netherlands U-21 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 15, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 19, 2007Daley Blind (born 9 March 1990 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional football defender currently playing for Eredivisie side AFC Ajax.
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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 15 May 2011[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 Career total 32 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 43 0 Honours
Club
- Eredivisie (1): 2010–11
References
- ^ FC Groningen concreet voor Blind (19)
- ^ a b c "Ajax sign Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. 29 March 2007. http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=62320. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Blind helps Ajax win in debut". Ajax.nl. 7 December 2008. http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=68236. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "New contract for Daley Blind". Ajax.nl. 19 December 2008. http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=68361. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ^ "Daley Blind langer bij Ajax" (in Dutch). telegraaf.nl. 19 December 2008. http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/bedrijven/afc_ajax/article2835957.ece?tabid=statgrafiek&tab=2,1,3,2,3,1,2.
- ^ "Blind double lifts Dutch". uefa.com. 4 May 2007. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/history/season=2007/round=2248/match=300752/report=rp.html.
- ^ "Sidelined Blind's faith in team". uefa.com. 6 May 2007. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/news/kind=1/newsid=535820.html.
- ^ "Daley Blind on loan to FC Groningen". Ajax.nl. 2010-01-05. http://english.ajax.nl/News/Archive/Article/Daley-Blind-on-loan-to-FC-Groningen.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Football: Daley Blind". Voetbal International. http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Daley-Blind.htm. Retrieved 6 Juni 2011.
- ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Johan Cruijff-schaal and Eredivisie playoffs
External links
Awards Preceded by
Siem de JongAFC Ajax Talent of the year
2007–08Succeeded by
Gregory van der WielAFC Ajax – current squad 1 Vermeer · 2 Van der Wiel · 3 Alderweireld · 4 Vertonghen (c) · 5 Anita · 6 Enoh · 7 Sulejmani · 8 Eriksen · 9 Sigthórsson · 10 De Jong · 11 Ebecilio · 13 Ooijer · 15 Boilesen · 16 Janssen · 17 Blind · 18 Lodeiro · 19 Bulykin · 20 Silva · 21 Boerrigter · 22 Cillessen · 23 Özbiliz · 24 El Hamdaoui · 25 Serero · 27 Toivomäki · 28 Aissati · 29 Rits · 30 Verhoeven · 31 Ligeon · 32 Denswil · 33 De Kamps · 34 Van Rhijn · 35 Fischer · 36 Hahn · 37 Lukoki · 38 Arica · 39 Klaassen · 40 Bouy · 41 De Sa · 42 Koppers · 43 Kip · 44 Veldman · 45 Boere · 46 Kramer · Coach: F. de Boer
Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- FC Groningen players
- Eredivisie players
- People from Amsterdam
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