Denis Thomalla (born 16 August 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a forward for 1. FC Heidenheim.

Early and personal life

Thomalla was born in

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

, Germany to a Polish family originally from Opole.

Club career

Thomalla played youth football for SV Büchenbronn and

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

. He started his senior career at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim where he made four appearances in the Bundesliga. In 2013, Thomalla left Hoffenheim for

RB Leipzig RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig, and colloquially referred to as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bul ...

where played three in the

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. On 1 September 2014, he was loaned out to

SV Ried SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Bundesliga in the 2016–17 season, SV Ried ...

. On 23 June 2015, Thomalla signed a three-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań. On 12 January 2016, Thomalla was loaned to 1. FC Heidenheim with the option of a permanent move. In April, Heidenheim chose to make use of the option to sign him permanently.

International career

A youth international for Germany, Thomalla is eligible for the Polish and German national teams.

Career statistics

Honours

Lech Poznań *

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: 2015

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* * 1992 births Living people German people of Polish descent German footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Association football forwards Germany youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ekstraklasa players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players RB Leipzig players Karlsruher SC players SV Ried players Lech Poznań players 1. FC Heidenheim players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub