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 25)
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 47 (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
Honka
First placeFinnish League Cup2022
Second placeFinnish Cup2023
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026
‡ 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, and made his Veikkausliiga debut with the Honka first team in 2021. For the 2023 season, Rale was named one of the team captains of Honka.

On 15 January 2024, after a surprising bankruptcy of Honka, Rale joined Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris in A Lyga. 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.

Career statistics

As of 27 July 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honka Akatemia 2016 Kolmonen 20–––20
2017 Kolmonen 40–––40
2018 Kakkonen 110–––110
2019 Kakkonen 00–––00
2020 Kakkonen 15130––181
2021 Kakkonen 20–––20
2022 Kakkonen 10–––10
Total 351300000381
Honka 2021 Veikkausliiga 13140–00171
2022 Veikkausliiga 2121050–272
2023 Veikkausliiga 270504020380
Total 6131009020823
Kauno Žalgiris 2024 A Lyga 24030––270
Ilves 2025 Veikkausliiga 244105030334
2026 Veikkausliiga 150406030280
Total 3945011060614
Career total 1678210200802168
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Lithuanian Cup
  2. 1 2 Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Honka

References

  1. 1 2 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