Janis Blaswich

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Janis Blaswich
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Blaswich with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Full name Janis Jonathan Blaswich
Date of birth (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Willich, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number 28
Youth career
1997–2006 VfR Mehrhoog
2006–2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 127 (0)
2011–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 (0)
2015–2016Dynamo Dresden (loan) 30 (0)
2017–2018Hansa Rostock (loan) 34 (0)
2018–2022 Heracles Almelo 107 (0)
2022–2025 RB Leipzig 47 (0)
2024–2025Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 11 (0)
2025– Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025

Janis Jonathan Blaswich (born 2 May 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. [2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Blaswich started his career at Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he was loaned out to Dynamo Dresden, [3] and Hansa Rostock. [4] He later joined Dutch club Heracles Almelo ahead of the 2018–19 season. [5]

RB Leipzig

On 15 February 2022, Blaswich signed a contract with RB Leipzig, effective from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025. [6] On 20 August, he made his debut for Leipzig in a 1–2 away loss against Union Berlin. [7] On 5 October 2022, during a Champions League matchup against Celtic, Leipzig's longtime keeper Péter Gulácsi suffered a torn ACL rupture, which would force him to miss the rest of the season, in which Blaswich immediately replaced him in the 13 minutes of the first half, in a match which ended in a 3–1 victory. [8] Three days later, he played a full 90-minute matchup as a replacement in a 1–1 away draw against Mainz 05. [9]

He later managed to achieve his first titles at the club, by winning the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup. On 1 September 2023, he extended his contract with RB Leipzig until 2026. [10]

On 22 June 2024, Blaswich joined Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg on a season-long loan deal. [11]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

On 11 August 2025, Blaswich joined German side Bayer Leverkusen for a reported fee of €2 million with an additional €1 million worth of add-ons, signing a contract which ends on 30 June 2027. [12] [13]

International career

In November 2023, Blaswich was called up for the Germany national team by coach Julian Nagelsmann, ahead of their friendly matches against Turkey and Austria. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2008–09 Regionalliga West 1010
2009–10Regionalliga West9090
2010–11Regionalliga West190190
2011–12Regionalliga West350350
2012–13Regionalliga West210210
2013–14Regionalliga West320320
2014–15Regionalliga West8080
2015–16 3. Liga 2020
Total12701270
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2011–12 Bundesliga 000000
2012–13 Bundesliga000000
2014–15 Bundesliga00000000
Total00000000
Dynamo Dresden (loan) 2015–16 3. Liga30010310
Hansa Rostock (loan)2016–173. Liga34040380
Heracles Almelo 2018–19 Eredivisie 330002 [b] 0350
2019–20 Eredivisie26000260
2020–21 Eredivisie26010270
2021–22 Eredivisie22000220
Total107010201100
RB Leipzig 2022–23 Bundesliga260506 [c] 0370
2023–24 Bundesliga210005 [c] 01 [d] 0270
Total4705011010640
Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 110209 [c] 000220
Career total3560132200303920
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

Honours

Dynamo Dresden
Hansa Rostock
RB Leipzig

References

  1. "Janis Blaswich". RB Leipzig. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. Janis Blaswich at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Dynamo verpflichtet Janis Blaswich" (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 18 June 2015.
  4. "F.C. Hansa Rostock verpflichtet Torhüter Janis Blaswich" (in German). F.C. Hansa Rostock. 21 July 2017.
  5. "Blaswich wechselt zu Heracles Almelo" (in German). Kicker. 16 May 2018.
  6. "RB LEIPZIG SIGN GOALKEEPER JANIS BLASWICH". RB Leipzig. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. "RB Leipzig verlängert vorzeitig mit Janis Blaswich bis 2026" (in German). Bundesliga. September 2023.
  8. "Leipzig 3–1 Celtic". UEFA. 5 October 2022.
  9. "RBL draw 1-1 in Mainz". RB Leipzig. 8 October 2022.
  10. "Janis Blaswich extends his contract". RB Leipzig. 1 September 2023.
  11. "Janis Blaswich kommt leihweise von RB Leipzig" [Janis Blaswich comes on loan from RB Leipzig]. www.redbullsalzburg.at (in German). 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  12. "RB Leipzig finalize sale of keeper Janis Blaswich to Bayer Leverkusen - Get German Football News". 7 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  13. "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Torhüter Janis Blaswich aus Leipzig | Bayer04.de". Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fussball GmbH (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  14. "Janis Blaswich: Who is the RB Leipzig goalkeeper called up to represent Germany?". Bundesliga. 10 November 2022.
  15. "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  16. Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 12 August 2023.