Matias Rale
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Full name
Matias Johan Erik Rale
Date of birth
4 March 2001[1]
Place of birth
Vantaa, Finland
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
_80_(cropped2).jpg) Rale with Finland U21 in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matias Johan Erik Rale | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Vantaa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ilves | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | 32 | (4) |
| 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 | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 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.
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]