Kalle Katz

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Kalle Katz
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Katz in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24)
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]
0000–2017 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 0 (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 EIF.

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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.

On 24 February 2024, Katz joined newly promoted Veikkausliiga club EIF. [5]

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. [6]

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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. ↑ KALLE KATZ VALDE LIGALAGET EIF, eiffotboll.fi, 24 February 2024
  6. ↑ 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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