Danny Blum

German footballer (born 1991)

Danny Blum
Blum with 1. FC Nürnberg in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Frankenthal, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Intercity
Number 9
Youth career
SC Rot-Weiß Frankenthal
2004 Waldhof Mannheim
2004–2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2007–2009 Schalke 04
2009–2010 Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 SV Sandhausen 83 (7)
2012–2013 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 18 (1)
2014–2016 1. FC Nürnberg 41 (7)
2016–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt 16 (2)
2018–2019 → Las Palmas (loan) 23 (1)
2019–2022 VfL Bochum 60 (15)
2022 APOEL 14 (2)
2023 1. FC Nürnberg 2 (0)
2024– Intercity 2 (0)
International career
2011 Germany U-20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024

Danny Blum (born 7 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Primera Federación club Intercity. He plays mainly as a winger but also can play as a forward.

He began his professional career with SV Sandhausen of the 3. Liga, winning the title in 2012 and again on loan to Karlsruher SC a year later. After one 2. Bundesliga season with Sandhausen, he joined 1. FC Nürnberg in 2014 on a free transfer, and almost immediately suffered a six-month knee injury. After losing the play-off for promotion to the Bundesliga against Eintracht Frankfurt in 2016, he joined that team, where he was a DFB-Pokal runner-up in 2017 and winner a year later.

Career

SV Sandhausen

Born in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Blum was on the books of FC Schalke 04 as a youth and was given his first professional contract at SV Waldhof Mannheim before joining SV Sandhausen months later.[1]

He made his professional debut for Sandhausen on 23 March 2010 in the 3. Liga, as a 59th-minute substitute for Daniel Jungwirth in a 3–0 loss away to VfB Stuttgart II, totalling eight games (three starts) in his first season.[2] The following season he was a regular, playing 30 of 38 games, starting all but four.[2]

In 2011–12, Blum's time was split between the field and the bench as Sandhausen were promoted as champions. He scored three goals for them, the first on 19 November in a 2–0 home win over SC Preußen Münster, eight minutes after coming on for Roberto Pinto.[2]

On 5 June 2012, Blum was loaned back into the third tier, joining relegated Karlsruher SC for the season.[3] He was again a league champion despite playing rarely,[1] and scored his one goal on 15 December in a 3–1 home win against VfB Stuttgart II as a late substitute.[2]

In 2013–14, Blum competed with Sandhausen in the 2. Bundesliga, with the team having stayed up due to MSV Duisburg's administrative relegation.[1] He played 19 games in the second tier and scored four goals, the first to open a 2–0 home win over FSV Frankfurt on 3 November.[2]

1. FC Nürnberg

On 23 May 2014, Blum joined fellow 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg on a free transfer.[4] In pre-season, he suffered knee cartilage damage that ruled him out for six months, and was given a 50% chance by his doctor of playing professionally again.[1]

He finally made his FCN debut on 15 February 2016, replacing Peniel Mlapa for the final 12 minutes of a 2–0 win over 1. FC Union Berlin at home. A week later, again from the bench, he scored his first goal to give the lead in a 3–1 win at Fortuna Düsseldorf, eventually totalling three in 12 games (four starts).[2]

In 2015–16, Nürnberg came third and played a play-off against Eintracht Frankfurt for promotion to the Bundesliga, with Blum a late substitute in both legs of the 2–1 aggregate defeat.[2]

Eintracht Frankfurt

Blum with VFL Bochum in September 2019

On 30 June 2016, Blum's contract ended and he joined Frankfurt on a free transfer. He signed a one-year deal with the option of two more.[5]

He made his debut on 21 August in the first round of the DFB-Pokal away to 1. FC Magdeburg, coming on in the 83rd minute in place of Branimir Hrgota and scoring in a penalty shootout victory. In the quarter-finals on 28 February 2017, he scored the only goal against Arminia Bielefeld at the Commerzbank Arena, in the sixth minute.[6] On 27 May, he played the last 11 minutes of the final, a 2–1 loss to Borussia Dortmund at the Berlin Olympiastadion, in place of Marco Fabián.[7]

In his first league season with Frankfurt, Blum played rarely. His only goal came in the last minute of the season, to achieve a 2–2 home draw with RB Leipzig.[8]

In 2017–18, Blum played only 36 minutes over the whole season,[2] but still scored two goals, one in the second round of the cup in a 4–0 win at 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 on 24 October.[9] Frankfurt won the trophy on 19 May, defeating Bayern Munich 3–1 in the final, but Blum was not in the matchday squad.[10]

On 27 August 2018, Blum moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Segunda División side UD Las Palmas on a season-long loan deal.[11] Around the turn of the year, he suffered an injury in his left soleus muscle and was ruled out for six to eight weeks, recuperating back at Frankfurt.[12] He played 24 total matches during his time in the Canary Islands, and scored the only goal of a home win against Córdoba CF on 12 May 2019.[13]

VfL Bochum

On 21 May 2019, Blum signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.[14] He scored a penalty on his debut on 28 July, a 3–1 loss at SSV Jahn Regensburg.[15] On 1 March 2020, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw against former club Sandhausen, with two in the first eight minutes.[16]

APOEL

On 27 July 2022, Blum signed a two-year contract with APOEL in Cyprus.[17]

Return to 1. FC Nürnberg

On 20 January 2023, Blum returned to 1. FC Nürnberg.[18]

CF Intercity

On 22 February 2024, Blum signed with the Spanish club CF Intercity.[19]

Personal life

In the summer of 2014, Blum converted from Christianity to Islam.[1]

Honours

SV Sandhausen

Karlsruher SC

Eintracht Frankfurt

VfL Bochum

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Blum konvertierte zum Islam und fand Halt nach Verletzung" [Blum converted to Islam and found support after injury] (in German). Nordbayern. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "D. Blum". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Linksfuß Danny Blum für eine Saison an Karlsruher SC ausgeliehen" [Left-footer Danny Blum has been loaned for a season to Karlsruher SC]. Sport-Kurier Mannheim (in German). 5 June 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Blum in, Nilsson out". 1. FC Nürnberg. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Danny Blum" [Eintracht Frankfurt sign Danny Blum] (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. ^ "FußballPokal-Halbfinale: Bielefeld verliert mit 0:1 gegen Frankfurt" [Football Cup Semi-finals: Bielefeld lose 0–1 to Frankfurt] (in German). Focus. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Borussia Dortmund". BBC Sport. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Frankfurt fight back late on to draw with Leipzig". Bundesliga. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Eintracht march into DFB Cup Round of 16 with comfortable win in Schweinfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Bayern Munich 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt". BBC Sport. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Acuerdo con el Eintracht de Frankfurt para la cesión de Danny Blum" [Agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt for the loan of Danny Blum] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  12. ^ Fuentes, Pablo (30 December 2018). "Danny Blum, de baja entre seis y ocho semanas" [Danny Blum, out for between six and eight weeks]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Las Palmas, con lo mínimo, le da la estocada al Córdoba" [Las Palmas, by the narrowest margin, put Córdoba to the sword]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Bochum verpflichtet Danny Blum" [Bochum sign Danny Blum] (in German). WDR. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Der SSV Jahn Regensburg gewinnt zum Auftakt der 2. Bundesliga" [SSV Jahn Regensburg win in the opening game of the 2. Bundesliga] (in German). TV Aktuell. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Trotz Blum-Dreierpack: Bochum nur 4:4 gegen Sandhausen - Banner gegen Hopp" [Despite Blum hat-trick: Bochum draw 4–4 with Sandhausen – Banner against Hopp] (in German). Focus. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Καταρχήν συμφωνία με Danny Blum" (in Greek). APOEL. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Club finalisiert Blum-Verpflichtung" (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  19. ^ "El CF Intercity se refuerza con el atacante alemán Danny Blum" [CF Intercity is reinforced with German attacker Danny Blum] (in Spanish). CF Intercity. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  20. ^ "VfL Bochum: Welcome back to the Bundesliga!". Bundesliga. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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