Kalle Wallius

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Kalle Wallius
Personal information
Full name Kalle Erik Juhani Wallius
Date of birth (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Ilves
Number 13
Youth career
–2012 HPS
2013–2020 HJK
2022–2023 Bologna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Klubi 04 42 (4)
2023–2024 Start 12 (0)
2023–2024 Start 2 9 (3)
2024IFK Mariehamn (loan) 7 (0)
2025– Ilves 11 (0)
International career
2019 Finland U16 5 (3)
2019–2020 Finland U17 12 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U19 7 (0)
2021 Finland U20 1 (0)
2023–2025 Finland U21 20 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2025

Kalle Erik Juhani Wallius (born 2 January 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club Ilves, and the Finland under-21 national team. Wallius began his career with HPS, and made his senior debut aged 16 in 2019 with Klubi 04.

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Club career

Wallius started football in Helsingin Palloseura, before joining the youth sector of HJK Helsinki in 2013. He advanced through the ranks of the club's youth academy and made his senior debut with the reserve team Klubi 04 in 2019. He played for Klubi 04 until the end of the 2021 season, before joining Italian club Bologna in January 2022 for an undisclosed fee. [1] [2]

After a one-and-a-half-year stint with the Bologna academy team in Primavera youth league, Wallius signed with Norwegian club Start on 8 August 2023, on a deal until the end of 2026. [3] In August 2024, he was loaned out to Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn for the remainder of the season.

On 29 January 2025, Wallius moved to Ilves on a two-year deal. [4]

International career

Wallius has represented Finland at various youth international levels.

Since 2023, he has played for the Finland U21 national team. [5] Wallius made 10 appearances in the 2025 UEFA Euro U21 Championship qualification campaign, helping Finland to qualify for the final tournament for the second time in the nation's history, by defeating Norway in the play-offs.

Career statistics

As of 6 June 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2019 Kakkonen 001010
2020 Kakkonen17110181
2021 Ykkönen 25310263
Total424300000454
Start 2023 1. divisjon 800080
2024 1. divisjon400040
Total120000000120
Start 2 2023 3. divisjon 5252
2024 3. divisjon4141
Total9300000093
IFK Mariehamn (loan) 2024 Veikkausliiga 7070
Ilves 2025 Veikkausliiga60104000110
Career total767404000847

References

  1. "Yllätyssiirto! 19-vuotias suomalaislupaus Italian pääsarjaseuraan". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. Valta, Ville-Veikko (25 January 2022). "Tie HJK:ssa oli tukossa - 19-vuotias suomalaislupaus teki rohkean ratkaisun ja siirtyi Italiaan: "Haluan yltää Serie A:han asti"". MTV Oy (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. "FINSK U21-LANDSLAGSSPILLER HAR SIGNERT FOR IK START". IK Start (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. Nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja Kalle Wallius Ilvekseen, ilvesfootball.com, 29 January 2025
  5. "Kalle Wallius: "Minulla on hirveä nälkä voittaa pelejä"". Finnish FA (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 October 2023.