Alexander Blessig

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Basketball player
Alexander Blessig
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Alexander Blessig
Player information
birthday November 15, 1993
place of birth Berlin , Germany
size 189 cm
Weight 85 kg
position construction
college FGCU / Rollins College
Jersey number 5
Clubs as active
0000–2011 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich basketball
2011–2012 GermanyGermany Alba Berlin
2012-2013 United StatesUnited States Florida Gulf Coast University
2013-2016 United StatesUnited States Rollins College
2016-2019 GermanyGermany Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2019-2020 GermanyGermany SSV locomotive Bernau

Alexander Blessig (born November 15, 1993 in Berlin ) is a German - Kuwaiti basketball player . Blessig was most recently under contract with SSV Lokomotive Bernau . He is 1.89 meters tall and occupies the position of the development player.

Career

Blessig began his career at Bayern Munich at the age of twelve. After three years in the youth team of FC Bayern Munich, Alexander Blessig was named the best newcomer to the NBBL . For the 2010/11 season he was appointed by then national coach Dirk Bauermann to the ProA squad of FC Bayern Munich, with whom he was promoted directly to the basketball league . This season, Blessig already played at the age of 16 alongside German basketball greats such as Demond Greene , Steffen Hamann and Robert Garrett .

In the 2011/12 season Blessig played for Alba Berlin in the NBBL and in the second men's team in the ProB . He was also in the Bundesliga squad of the capital city, but was not used in the top German division. After a year in Berlin, he moved to Florida Gulf Coast University ( NCAA Division I) in Fort Myers ( Florida US ) for the 2012/13 season , with which he reached the Sweet16 of the NCAA playoffs, but only booked a small proportion of the game. After his season at FGCU , Blessig moved to Rollins College (NCAA Division II), where he received his bachelor's degree in international economics with Magna cum laude and played for the college's basketball team called "Tars" for three years. By increasing the number of games he managed to increase his statistics in the 2014/15 season to 11.8 points as well as 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per match. For his achievements, Blessig was appointed to the Capital One Academic All-District Team .

Blessig has been playing for the German record champions Bayer Giants Leverkusen since the 2016/17 season , for which he first appeared as captain in the 2018/19 season. In the 2017/18 season, Blessig was regularly on the team's starting line-up for the first time and averaged 8.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. In the 2018/19 season he won the championship title in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB with the Rhinelanders. Blessig was involved in this success in 29 missions during the season with averages of 8.8 points, 3.3 basket assists and 3.1 rebounds.

During the summer break of 2019, Blessig switched to SSV Lokomotive Bernau (2nd Bundesliga ProB) and began his professional career in Berlin after completing his business studies. He moved to Kuwait in January 2020 as he is a citizen of the country.

National team

In 2009 Blessig was appointed to the U16 national team of the German Basketball Federation . In 2013 he started for the U20 national team of the German Basketball Federation at the FIBA European Championship in Estonia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NBBL Awards 2016/17 . In: Junior & Youth Basketball Bundesliga - NBBL & JBBL . May 24, 2017 ( nbbl-basketball.de [accessed September 12, 2018]).
  2. ^ Test match against Munich Baskets . In: https://www.tz.de/ . March 21, 2011 ( tz.de [accessed September 12, 2018]).
  3. ↑ David Stephan: Ripe early . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2011, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on September 12, 2018]).
  4. ↑ ALBA BERLIN Basketballteam GmbH: Former teams - ALBA BERLIN basketball team. Accessed on September 12, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ easyCredit - 15645 Alexander BLESSIG. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 2012-13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
  7. ↑ College baseball: Newly ranked FGCU falls at No. 1 Florida . In: Naples Daily News . April 3, 2018 ( naplesnews.com [accessed September 12, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Alex Blessig. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Alex Blessig. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Alex Blessig. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Pro B. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 12, 2018 ; accessed on September 12, 2018 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.giants-leverkusen.de
  12. ↑ BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Player. Accessed on September 12, 2018 (German).
  13. ↑ BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga | ProB Champion 18/19 - Bayer Giants Leverkusen. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  14. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Squad. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  15. ↑ https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/alexander-blessig-wechselelt-vom-prob-meister-nach-bernau/
  16. ↑ https://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a106494_ProB_Alexander-Blessig-verlaesst-Bernau.htm
  17. ↑ Alexander Blessig | U16 European Championship Men (2009) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  18. ↑ U16 boys before the European Championship in Kaunas / Lithuania. In: www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Alexander Blessig. German Basketball Association, accessed on September 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Blessig, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Kuwaiti basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin