Daniel Van Buyten

Daniel Van Buyten, nicknamed Big Dan, is my kind of defender. A towering 203 cm centre back from Chimay, Belgium, he made aerial dominance and uncompromising physicality his trademark, anchoring back lines including a long stint at Bayern Munich. I've always had a soft spot for players who win games without ever showing up on the scoresheet, the ones who simply refuse to let strikers breathe. His height is the headline, but it's the consistency and the dirty, thankless work that earn my respect. Teams win titles because men like him hold the fort, and he held it superbly.

Name (English)

Daniel Van Buyten

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ファン・ブイテン

Reading

だにえる・ふぁん・ぶいてん

Born

February 7, 1978 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

Origin

Hainaut, Belgium

Height

203 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttp://www.danielvanbuyten.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Van%20Buyten
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44309

Tags

• Hainaut
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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