Janis Blaswich

Janis Blaswich
Blaswich with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Full name Janis Jonathan Blaswich
Date of birth (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991
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*
Years Team Apps (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]

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
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2008–09 Regionalliga West 1 0 1 0
2009–10 Regionalliga West 9 0 9 0
2010–11 Regionalliga West 19 0 19 0
2011–12 Regionalliga West 35 0 35 0
2012–13 Regionalliga West 21 0 21 0
2013–14 Regionalliga West 32 0 32 0
2014–15 Regionalliga West 8 0 8 0
2015–16 3. Liga 2 0 2 0
Total 127 0 127 0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2011–12 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dynamo Dresden (loan) 2015–16 3. Liga 30 0 1 0 31 0
Hansa Rostock (loan) 2016–17 3. Liga 34 0 4 0 38 0
Heracles Almelo 2018–19 Eredivisie 33 0 0 0 2[b] 0 35 0
2019–20 Eredivisie 26 0 0 0 26 0
2020–21 Eredivisie 26 0 1 0 27 0
2021–22 Eredivisie 22 0 0 0 22 0
Total 107 0 1 0 2 0 110 0
RB Leipzig 2022–23 Bundesliga 26 0 5 0 6[c] 0 37 0
2023–24 Bundesliga 21 0 0 0 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 27 0
Total 47 0 5 0 11 0 1 0 64 0
Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 11 0 2 0 9[c] 0 0 0 22 0
Career total 356 0 13 2 20 0 3 0 392 0
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  3. ^ a b c 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.