Daley Blind is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, left-back or centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Netherlands national team.
20 Facts About Daley Blind
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Daley Blind is the son of former Ajax defender and former Netherlands national team manager Danny Blind.
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Daley Blind has since featured at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.
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Daley Blind began his career in the youth academy of his hometown club, Ajax; the same club where his father Danny made his name as a professional.
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Daley Blind was a midfielder through his journey up the Ajax youth levels, often playing the 'No 6' or 'third centre-back' role.
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Daley Blind showed good promise as a youngster and was made captain of Jong Ajax in 2007.
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Daley Blind signed his first professional contract at the age of 17, tying him to the club until 1 July 2010.
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On 7 December 2008, Daley Blind made his debut in the Ajax first-team in the away match against FC Volendam.
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On 23 April 2013, it was announced by Marc Overmars that Ajax and Daley Blind had reached an agreement to extend his contract for three years, binding him to the club until the summer of 2016.
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On 16 November, Daley Blind sustained a knee ligament injury in the Netherlands' UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Latvia which kept him out of the Manchester United team for the remainder of 2014.
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Daley Blind worked his way back to the first-team, but featured mostly at left-back, replacing first choice left-back Luke Shaw.
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Daley Blind scored his first goal of the season against Sunderland on Boxing Day, charging into the box to connect with a pass from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and finishing low into the bottom corner.
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On 5 January 2023, Daley Blind joined Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a contract until the end of the season.
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Daley Blind was called up to the Netherlands under-17 squad for 2007 European Championships.
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Daley Blind was called up to the under-21 team for several 2011 European Championship qualifiers but did not leave the bench.
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Daley Blind was selected for teams played in the UEFA Euro 2020 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Daley Blind scored his first goal for the Netherlands in eight years in the latter competition's round of 16 win over the United States.
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Daley Blind is the son of former Ajax defender and former Netherlands national team manager Danny Blind.
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Daley Blind's wife gave birth to their son in October 2019.
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On 21 December 2019, it was revealed Daley Blind had been diagnosed with myocarditis, and had been fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.