Tvrtko Kale Explained

Tvrtko Kale
Fullname:Tvrtko Kale (changed to Dreshler Kale)
Birth Date:5 June 1974
Birth Place:Samobor, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.94m
Position:Goalkeeper
Years2:1994
Years3:1995
Years4:1996–1998
Years5:1998–2000
Years6:2001–2002
Years7:2003–2004
Years8:2004–2006
Years9:2006
Years10:2006–2007
Years11:2007–2009
Years12:2009–2010
Years13:2010–2014
Years14:2014–2015
Years15:2015–2016
Clubs1:Lokomotiva
Clubs2:Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Clubs3:Čakovec
Clubs4:Inker Zaprešić
Clubs5:Rijeka
Clubs6:Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Clubs7:Zadar
Clubs8:Hajduk Split
Clubs9:Neuchâtel Xamax
Clubs10:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Clubs11:Beitar Jerusalem
Clubs12:Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Clubs13:Hapoel Haifa
Clubs14:Hapoel Petah Tikva
Clubs15:Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Caps4:0
Caps5:0
Caps6:4
Caps7:25
Caps8:32
Caps9:11
Caps10:33
Caps11:59
Caps12:31
Caps13:116
Caps14:28
Caps15:21
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:1
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:1
Goals13:0
Goals14:0
Goals15:0
Pcupdate:28 May 2015

Tvrtko Kale (now Dreshler Kale, Hebrew: טברטקו קאלה; born 5 June 1974) is a retired Croatian-Israeli footballer who played as of July 2015 for Maccabi Kiryat Gat.[1] The newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija rated him the best player in the Croatian First League in 2004.

Club career

Born in Samobor, Zagreb, Croatia, Kale started his career at NK Lokomotiva before moving to NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in 1994 and NK Čakovec in 1995. From 1996 to 1998 he played for NK Inker moving around the Croatian League until signing with Hajduk Split in 2004. He was league champion with Hajduk in the 2004/2005 season. Starting in 2006, he played for Neuchâtel Xamax.

On 22 June 2007, Kale was transferred from Maccabi Tel Aviv to Israeli league champions Beitar Jerusalem for a price of $350,000 and a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per annum.

Kale moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva for the 2009–2010 season, and scored one goal for the club[2]

Personal life

In an interview with Israeli sport portal Sport 5, Tvrtko revealed that he is a Jew according to Jewish law, since his grandmother on his mother's side was Jewish.[3] In September 2007, Kale received his own Israeli identity card. He is engaged to Ronit Dahan, who is Jewish. In June 2010 Kale decided to change his first name so it would be more Jewish due to his forthcoming wedding. His new name is Dreshler.[4]

Honours

Player

Club
Hajduk Split

2004–05

2005

Beitar Jerusalem

2007–08

2008, 2009

Hapoel Haifa

2012–13

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Croatia - T. Kale Dreshler - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway. us.soccerway.com.
  2. Web site: Everyone loves a scoring goalie: Tvrtko Kale (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) vs Hapoel Acco. 25 January 2011. 6 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006125315/http://www.101greatgoals.com/everyone-loves-a-scoring-goalie-tvrtko-kale-hapoel-beer-sheva-vs-hapoel-acco/52708/. dead.
  3. Web site: Tvrtko reveals: My grandmother was Jewish . Sport5.co.il . 27 February 2008 . 6 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011221504/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he . 11 October 2008 .
  4. Web site: Tvrtko? Now he is Dreshler Kale . Sport5.co.il . 27 February 2008 . 6 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025107/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=79926&lang=he . 16 July 2011 .