![]() Blank with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hendry Aron Blank | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Germany | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hannover 96 (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bayer Leverkusen | |||
2019–2023 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2024 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | (0) |
2024 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | (0) |
2025– | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Germany U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:23, 1 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:17, 22 November 2024 (UTC) |
Hendry Aron Blank (born 21 August 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96, on loan from Red Bull Salzburg.
Blank is a youth product of Bayer Leverkusen, and moved to Borussia Dortmund's youth academy in the summer of 2019. He helped their U19s win the 2022–23 Under 19 Bundesliga, and was subsequently promoted to Borussia Dortmund II signing a professional contract on 13 June 2023 until 2025. [2] He joined the senior Borussia Dortmund team for the preseason in the summer of 2023. [3] He made his senior and professional debut with Borussia Dortmund II in a 1–0 3. Liga win over VfB Stuttgart II on 20 August 2023. [4] Hours after a UEFA Youth League match Blank made his first appearance on the first team squad as a substitute in a 1–0 UEFA Champions League win over Newcastle United on 25 October 2023, although he didn't make an appearance. [5] Blank made his first-team debut on 20 January 2024 in a Bundesliga game against 1. FC Köln, playing the second half of the 4–0 victory. [6]
On 1 February 2024, Blank joined Red Bull Salzburg for €7 million until 2028. [7] He was loaned out to Hannover 96 for the 2025–26 season. [8]
Born in Germany, Blank is of Ghanaian and Malagasy descent. [2] He is a youth international for Germany, having been called up to the Germany U20s in October 2023. [9] He was called up to the German under-21 team in October 2024. [10]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Borussia Dortmund II | 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Borussia Dortmund | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Red Bull Salzburg | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Hannover 96 | 2025–26 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |