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My Take
Danny Blind is one of those figures whose name carries real weight inside the game even if casual fans miss it. A Dutch defender born in 1961, he anchored Sparta Rotterdam, then Ajax, then the national team, and the detail that grabs me is that he and Arnold Muhren are the only two Dutchmen to win every UEFA club competition. That is a quiet, almost obsessive kind of greatness. He then crossed over into coaching Ajax and the Netherlands, which always tells me a player understood the game intellectually, not just physically. At 176 cm he wasn't a towering stopper, so the achievements lean on reading and timing. I respect that.
Overview
Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪr(ə)k frɑnˈsɪskʏz ˈdɛni ˈblɪnt]; born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch former football player and coach. He played as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and the Netherlands national team. As coach he has managed Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is one of only two Dutch players, together with Arnold Mühren, to have won all UEFA club competitions.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Danny Blind
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニー・ブリント
- Reading
- だにー・ぶりんと
- Born
- August 1, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Oost-Souburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Netherlands →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.