Matias Rale

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 24) [1]
Place of birth	Vantaa, Finland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Ilves
Number	3
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)
2025–	Ilves	17	(3)
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 Finnish League Cup 2022 Finnish Cup 2023
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Ilves.

Club career

Rale was born in Vantaa, and started playing football with a local club TiPS in Tikkurila.

He joined the Espoo-based 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, after a surprising bankruptcy of Honka, Rale joined Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga. ^[6] He left the club after the season, after finishing 3rd in the league.

On 23 January 2025, Rale signed a two-year deal with Ilves. ^[7]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2025 ^{[8] [1]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		League cup		Europe		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	0	–		27	2
	2023	Veikkausliiga	27	0	5	0	4	0	2 [b]	0	38	0
	Total		61	3	10	0	9	0	2	0	82	3
Kauno Žalgiris	2024	A Lyga	24	0	3	0	–		–		27	0
Ilves	2025	Veikkausliiga	8	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	3
Career total			128	7	16	0	14	0	2	0	160	7

1. Includes Suomen Cup and Lithuanian Cup
2. Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Honka

• Finnish League Cup: 2022
• Finnish Cup runner-up: 2023

References

1. 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 Ilvekseen kaksivuotisella sopimuksella, ilvesfootball.com, 23 January 2025
8. Matias Rale, Finnish FA

External links

• Matias Rale at Soccerway
• Matias Rale at WorldFootball.net