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D. Blind

Experienced headGirona · 36 yrsTransferred to Ajax

Profile

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

Domestic-league season · Girona.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Girona's ~38 games this season through 4 injury absences (back, injury, overload). He still appeared 31 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
La Liga310026106.95

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

D. Blind is a 36-year-old full-back at Girona, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 36, top 34% of La Liga full-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.6, ranking 358th of 389 in the La Liga. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (85.3% 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.

Judged on this season alone, Blind graded 36 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 65 full-backs in the La Liga, on 5 clean sheets and 3.931 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 32 → 36). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 59th of 65 of the 65 full-backs in the La Liga. At 36 Blind is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.5 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Blind missed 4 games through injury (back, injury, overload) out of roughly 38 this season. The 31 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Streaky
Current potential59th of 65 full-backs · La LigaCurrent seasonTop 34% full-backs · La Liga22nd-best full-back in the La Liga358th in the La Liga · potential59th-highest potential full-back in the La Liga
28.6
Ratingi
59th of 65 full-backs
35.8
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
85.3%
Minutes
near ever-present
3.93
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

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

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 85.3% 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

With a Rating of 28.6, Blind carries the 59th-highest potential of the full-backs in the La Liga of 65, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Girona finished 19th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. 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).

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