Matias Rale
Finnish footballer (born 2001)
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Matias Johan Erik Rale (born 4 March 2001) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ilves.
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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)
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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 | |||
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
| 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 | ||
- Includes Suomen Cup and Lithuanian Cup
- Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
Honka
- Finnish League Cup: 2022
- Finnish Cup runner-up: 2023