RB Leipzig sign goalkeeper Janis Blaswich
30-year-old joins from Dutch first-division side Heracles Almelo | Signs on a three-year deal until June 2025 | Currently 105 appearances in the Eredivisie
RB Leipzig have announced their first summer signing of the year! Goalkeeper Janis Blaswich will join from Dutch first-division side Heracles Almelo in June 2022, and has signed a three-year deal running until June 2025.
The 30-year-old has been a regular starter and captain at Heracles for the last four years, and has made 105 career appearances in the Eredivisie (26 clean sheets). Blaswich previously played for the Borussia Mönchengladbach reserves (127 games), Dynamo Dresden (31) and Hansa Rostock (38).
Janis Blaswich:
"I’m very happy to join RB Leipzig and to be moving to a top Bundesliga club in the summer. The conditions here at Leipzig, with the training centre and the amazing stadium right in the middle of the city, are really something special. I will be joining a great goalkeeping team with coach Frederik Gößling and Péter Gulácsi. He is one of the best goalkeepers in Europe and I am looking forward to working with him.”
Goalkeeping coach Frederik Gößling:
"Janis has been a regular starter and captain for four years now in the Dutch first division. He is an intelligent and no-nonsense kind of goalkeeper, and his performances are very consistent. His experience and character will be good for our goalkeeping team and the rest of the team as well. I’m looking forward to getting to work with him soon.“
Janis Blaswich profile:
Date of birth: 2nd May 1991 in Willich
Age: 30
Nationality: German
Height: 1.93 m
Weight: 88 kg
Position: Goalkeeper
Previous clubs:
2018 to 2022: Heracles Almelo
2017 to 2018: Hansa Rostock (loan)
2015 to 2016: Dynamo Dresden (loan)
2009 to 2018: Borussia Mönchengladbach II
2006 to 2009: Borussia Mönchengladbach (youth)
1997 to 2006: VfR Mehrhoog (youth)
Career appearances:
Eredivisie: 105 games
Dutch cup: 1 game
3. Liga: 64 games
DFB-Pokal: 1 game
Regionalliga West: 129 games
