Born in
Paramaribo,
Suriname, Blinker began his career with
Feyenoord in 1986. He stayed at
De Kuip for ten seasons, including one on loan at
FC Den Bosch, and formed an efficient winger partnership with
Gaston Taument (from
1991 to
1995, the pair combined for 61
Eredivisie goals). On 4 March 1996, Blinker joined
Sheffield Wednesday for
£275,000, scoring a brace on his debut, a 3–2 away defeat against
Aston Villa. He was suspended by
FIFA for a time at the end of the year, after it was discovered that he had signed for
Udinese Calcio without telling the management at Feyenoord and then subsequently signing for the English club. In August 1997, Blinker moved to
Celtic in
part exchange for
Paolo di Canio as part of the club general manager
Jock Brown's infamous 'trade' deal with Sheffield Wednesday. He re-joined former Feyenoord coach
Wim Jansen, who had been appointed the previous month, going on to win the
Scottish Premier Division and the
Scottish League Cup in
his first season and scoring 12 goals in 70 competitive games. Blinker returned to the Netherlands in the summer of 2000, signing for
RBC Roosendaal. After
suffering top flight relegation as last, he joined
Sparta Rotterdam,
meeting the same fate; he played for amateurs Deltasport Vlaardingen for a few more years, before retiring at the age of 37. ==International career==