David Blacha (born 22 October 1990) is a professional

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er who plays as a

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for

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

. Born in Germany, he has represented Poland at youth level.

Club career

Born in

Wickede Wickede (), officially Wickede (Ruhr), is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Wickede lists the town of Jemielnica in Poland as its twin city and enjoys the cultural exchange and relationship. Geography ...

, Blacha played for FC 09 Fröndenberg and

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

as a youth. In July 2009, he signed a one-year contract with

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...

in the 2. Bundesliga. He made his league debut on 23 August, coming on a substitute for

Christian Mikolajczak Christian Mikolajczak (born 15 May 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Mikolajczak began his professional football career with FC Schalke 04 where he would play in the Bundesliga. After making a few compe ...

in the 66th minute against

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

. Despite relegation, he signed an extension for the following season. After Ahlen was relegated again in 2011, Blacha signed a two-year contract with fellow 3. Liga side

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

. In January 2015, he left cash-strapped

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

and joined promotion aspirant

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

signing a two and a half years contract until 2017. Despite being on a relegation spot Hansa Rostock had to sell him alike top talent Max Christiansen to fulfill conditions for retaining their 3. Liga license.

International career

Blacha was a part of the Poland U19 national team.

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* 1990 births Living people People from Soest (district) Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) German people of Polish descent Citizens of Poland through descent Association football midfielders Polish footballers Poland youth international footballers German footballers Rot Weiss Ahlen players SV Sandhausen players FC Hansa Rostock players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players VfL Osnabrück players SV Meppen players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub