Tvrtko Kale
Tvrtko Kale (now Dreshler Kale, Hebrew: טברטקו
Tvrtko Kale
;קאלהborn 5 June 1974) is a retired Croatian-Israeli
footballer who played as of July 2015 for Maccabi Personal information
Kiryat Gat.[1] The newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija Full name Tvrtko Kale (changed to
rated him the best player in the Croatian First League Dreshler Kale)
in 2004. Date of birth 5 June 1974
Place of birth Samobor, SR Croatia, SFR
Yugoslavia
Club career Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Born in Samobor, Zagreb, Croatia, Kale started his Senior career*
career at NK Lokomotiva before moving to NK Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hrvatski Dragovoljac in 1994 and NK Čakovec in Lokomotiva
1995. From 1996 to 1998 he played for NK Inker 1994 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
moving around the Croatian League until signing with 1995 Čakovec
Hajduk Split in 2004. He was league champion with 1996–1998 Inker Zaprešić 0 (0)
Hajduk in the 2004/2005 season. Starting in 2006, he 1998–2000 Rijeka 0 (0)
played for Neuchâtel Xamax. 2001–2002 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4 (0)
2003–2004 Zadar 25 (0)
On 22 June 2007, Kale was transferred from Maccabi
2004–2006 Hajduk Split 32 (1)
Tel Aviv to Israeli league champions Beitar Jerusalem
2006 Neuchâtel Xamax 11 (0)
for a price of $350,000 and a 2-year deal worth
2006–2007 Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 (0)
$300,000 per annum.
2007–2009 Beitar Jerusalem 59 (0)
Kale moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva for the 2009–2010 2009–2010 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 31 (1)
season, and scored one goal for the club[2] 2010–2014 Hapoel Haifa 116 (0)
2014–2015 Hapoel Petah Tikva 28 (0)
2015–2016 Maccabi Kiryat Gat 21 (0)
Personal life *Club domestic league appearances and goals,
correct as of 28 May 2015
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
Prva HNL:2004–05
Croatian Supercup: 2005
Beitar Jerusalem
Israeli Premier League: 2007–08
Israel State Cup:2008, 2009
Hapoel Haifa
Toto Cup: 2012–13
See also
List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
References
1. "Croatia - T. Kale Dreshler - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway" (htt
ps://us.soccerway.com/players/tvrtko-kale/47094/). us.soccerway.com.
2. "Everyone loves a scoring goalie: Tvrtko Kale (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) vs Hapoel Acco" (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20111006125315/http://www.101greatgoals.com/everyone-loves-a-
scoring-goalie-tvrtko-kale-hapoel-beer-sheva-vs-hapoel-acco/52708/). Archived from the
original (http://www.101greatgoals.com/everyone-loves-a-scoring-goalie-tvrtko-kale-hapoel-
beer-sheva-vs-hapoel-acco/52708/) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
3. "Tvrtko reveals: My grandmother was Jewish" (https://web.archive.org/web/2008101122150
4/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he). Sport5.co.il. 27
February 2008. Archived from the original (http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64
&docID=8505&lang=he) on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
4. "Tvrtko? Now he is Dreshler Kale" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025107/http://ww
w.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=79926&lang=he). Sport5.co.il. 27 February
2008. Archived from the original (http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=7
9926&lang=he) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
External links
Official website (http://tvrtkokale.blog.hr)
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