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Daley Blind

Experienced headAjax · 36 yrsStarterNew signing

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameDaley Blind
PositionCentre-back
NationalityNetherlands
Age36
Date of birth9 Mar 1990
BirthplaceAmsterdam
Height180 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubAjax
Centre-back
31
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2610
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Girona.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
UEFA Europa Conference League2001837.35

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

D. Blind is a 36-year-old central defender at Girona, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 32. On long-term scout potential he's rated 26.6. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (76.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.93 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Blind.

On the season, Blind graded 32 for current form (age-blind), on 5 clean sheets and 3.931 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27. At 36 Blind is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downBreakout: 2021/22Streaky
26.6
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
32.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
76.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.93
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Girona finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

31
Apps
3.93
Def. / 90
55
Tackles
39
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.93 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 76.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Defensive volume. 3.93 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 26.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.93 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eredivisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles55
Interceptions39
Blocks20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0