Jump to content

Matias Rale

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matias Rale
Rale with Finland U21 in 2022
Personal information
Full name Matias Johan Erik Rale
Date of birth (2001-03-04) 4 March 2001 (age 23)[1]
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
0000–2014 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
Honka
First place Finnish League Cup 2022
Second place Finnish Cup 2023
*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]
As of 21 November 2024.[7][1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
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

Honours

[edit]

Honka

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Matias Rale at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Matias Ralen debyyttiosuma toi Hongalle kirivoiton ennätysyleisön edessä, Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, Tomi Siren, 24 June 2021
  4. ^ "Nuorten pelaajien ääni esille" - Matias Rale on ylpeänä osa Hongan kapteenistoa, Veikkausliiga, 15 April 2023
  5. ^ "Itseluottamus pitää nyt korjata" - Hongan Matias Rale kaipaa ryhtiliikettä loppukauteen, Veikkausliiga, 8 October 2023
  6. ^ "„Kauno Žalgirio" gynybos liniją papildė 22-ejų suomis". zalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). Kauno Žalgiris. 15 January 2024.
  7. ^ Matias Rale, Finnish FA
[edit]