Matias Rale
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matias Johan Erik Rale | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 March 2001||
Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | TiPS | ||
2015–2019 | Honka | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2022 | Honka II | 35 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Honka | 61 | (3) |
2024– | Kauno Žalgiris | 24 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Finland U16 | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Finland U17 | 7 | (0) |
2018 | Finland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Finland U21 | 4 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022 |
Matias Johan Erik Rale (born 4 March 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris.
Club career
[edit]Rale was born in Vantaa, and started playing football with a local club TiPS in Tikkurila. He joined the FC Honka organisation when aged 14,[2] and made his Veikkausliiga debut with the Honka first team in 2021.[3] For the 2023 season, Rale was named one of the team captains of Honka.[4][5]
On 15 January 2024, Rale joined Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Honka Akatemia | 2016 | Kolmonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2017 | Kolmonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
2018 | Kakkonen | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
2019 | Kakkonen | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020 | Kakkonen | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | |||
2021 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
2022 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
Honka | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
2022 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
Total | 61 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 3 | ||
Kauno Žalgiris | 2024 | A Lyga | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||
Career total | 120 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 4 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Lithuanian Cup
- ^ a b Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Honka
- Finnish League Cup: 2022
- Finnish Cup runner-up: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b Matias Rale at WorldFootball.net
- ^ 14-vuotiaana Matias Rale matkusti kolme tuntia päivässä saavuttaakseen liigapaikan Espoon Hongan riveissä ja nyt hän tähtää korkealle myös kentän ulkopuolella – "Käytin sen ajan tehden läksyjä", Länsiväylä, Jari Kostiainen, 4 June 2022
- ^ Matias Ralen debyyttiosuma toi Hongalle kirivoiton ennätysyleisön edessä, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Tomi Siren, 24 June 2021
- ^ "Nuorten pelaajien ääni esille" - Matias Rale on ylpeänä osa Hongan kapteenistoa, Veikkausliiga, 15 April 2023
- ^ "Itseluottamus pitää nyt korjata" - Hongan Matias Rale kaipaa ryhtiliikettä loppukauteen, Veikkausliiga, 8 October 2023
- ^ "„Kauno Žalgirio" gynybos liniją papildė 22-ejų suomis". zalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). Kauno Žalgiris. 15 January 2024.
- ^ Matias Rale, Finnish FA
External links
[edit]- Matias Rale at Soccerway
- Matias Rale at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Finnish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Finland men's under-21 international footballers
- Kolmonen players
- Kakkonen players
- FC Honka players
- Veikkausliiga players
- FK Kauno Žalgiris players
- A Lyga players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriates in Lithuania
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
- Tikkurilan Palloseura players