Tvrtko Kale

Tvrtko Kale

Personal information
Full name	Tvrtko Kale (changed to Dreshler Kale)
Date of birth	5 June 1974 (1974-06-05) (age 37)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Haifa
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
–	NK Lokomotiva
1994	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac
1995	NK Čakovec
1996–1998	NK Inker
1998–2000	NK Rijeka	0	(0)
2001–2002	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac	4	(0)
2003–2004	NK Zadar	25	(0)
2004–2006	Hajduk Split	32	(1)
2006	Neuchâtel Xamax	11	(0)
2006–2007	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	(0)
2007–2009	Beitar Jerusalem	59	(0)
2009–2010	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	31	(1)
2010–present	Hapoel Haifa	27	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

Tvrtko Kale (now Dreshler Kale; born 5 June 1974 in Zagreb) is a Croatian-Israeli football player who played as of June 2010 for Hapoel Haifa. The newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija rated him the best player in the Croatian First League in 2004.

Football career

He 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^[1]

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.^[2] In September 2007, Kale received a Teudat Zehut. He is engaged to Ronit Dahan, who is Jewish. In June 2010 Kale decided to change his last name so it would be more Jewish due to his fothcoming wedding. His new name is Dreshler.^[3]

Honours

• Prva HNL (1):
  • 2004–05

• Croatian Supercup (1):
  • 2005

• Israeli Premier League (1):
  • 2007–08

• Israel State Cup (2):
  • 2008, 2009

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

1. ^ Everyone loves a scoring goalie: Tvrtko Kale (Hapoel Be’er Sheva) vs Hapoel Acco
2. ^ "Tvrtko reveales: My grandmother was Jewish". Sport5.co.il. 27 February 2008. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
3. ^ "Tvrtko? Now he is Dreshler Kale". Sport5.co.il. 27 February 2008. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=79926&lang=he. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 

External links

• Official website

Persondata
Name	Kale, Tvrtko
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	5 June 1974
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death