Kalle Katz
.jpg) Katz in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 January 2000 | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | EIF | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Käpylän Pallo[2] | |||
| –2017 | HJK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Klubi 04 | 41 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | HJK | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → RoPS (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020 | → RoPS (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ilves | 44 | (0) |
| 2024– | EIF | 19 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Finland U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Finland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Finland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023 | |||
Kalle Katz (born 4 January 2000) is a Finnish football player for EIF.
Club career
[edit]He made his Veikkausliiga debut for HJK on 28 July 2018 in a game against Honka, as a starter.[3]
On 7 January 2019, Katz was loaned out for the 2019 season to RoPS.[2] On 10 March 2020, he re-joined RoPS on loan for the rest of the year.[4]
On 15 January 2021, Katz signed for Ilves.
On 24 February 2024, Katz joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club EIF.[5]
International
[edit]He was included in the Finland U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, but did not appear in any games.
Personal life
[edit]Katz is of Jewish descent. Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist Elias Katz was his great-grandfather's cousin.[6] His younger brother Bruno is also a footballer.
References
[edit]- ^ Kalle Katz at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b HJK:n Kalle Katz RoPS-paitaan loppukauden lainasopimuksella, rops.fi, 7 January 2019
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 28 July 2018.
- ^ Kalle Katz lainalle RoPSiin, hjk.fi, 10 March 2020
- ^ KALLE KATZ VALDE LIGALAGET EIF, eiffotboll.fi, 24 February 2024
- ^ Kanerva, Juha (1 January 2018). "Suomalainen olympiavoittaja harjoitteli Paavon Nurmen kanssa – kuoli tarkka-ampujan luotiin vain 46-vuotiaana". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kalle Katz at Soccerway
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