Kalle Katz
Katz in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Ilves
Number 5
Youth career
Käpylän Pallo[2]
0000–2017 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Klubi 04 41 (1)
2017–2020 HJK 1 (0)
2019RoPS (loan) 17 (0)
2020RoPS (loan) 17 (0)
2021–2023 Ilves 44 (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 15 September 2023

Kalle Katz (born 4 January 2000) is a Finnish football player for Ilves.

Club career

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.

International

He was included in the Finland U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, but did not appear in any games.

Personal life

Katz is of Jewish descent. Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist Elias Katz was his great-grandfather's cousin.[5]

References

  1. Kalle Katz at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 HJK:n Kalle Katz RoPS-paitaan loppukauden lainasopimuksella, rops.fi, 7 January 2019
  3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 28 July 2018.
  4. Kalle Katz lainalle RoPSiin, hjk.fi, 10 March 2020
  5. 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.


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