Kalle Katz (born 4 January 2000) is a Finnish football player for EIF.

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] His younger brother Bruno is also a footballer.

References

  1. ^ Kalle Katz at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b HJK:n Kalle Katz RoPS-paitaan loppukauden lainasopimuksella Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, 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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