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Tvrtko Kale

Tvrtko Kale is a retired Croatian-Israeli goalkeeper who won league and cup titles with Hajduk Split and Beitar Jerusalem.

born 1974Goalkeeping for Beitar JerusalemBeitar's first league and cup double2004 Croatian player of the year

Born: 5 June 1974, Zagreb
Occupation: association football player

Tvrtko Kale was born in 1974 in Zagreb

Kale was born on 5 June 1974 in Zagreb, then in Yugoslavia. His maternal grandmother was Jewish, so he is Jewish under Jewish law. As a child he practiced karate and holds a 2nd dan black belt.

He played as a goalkeeper for several Croatian clubs and was named Croatia's player of the year for 2004. He then joined Hajduk Split and won the 2004/2005 league title. After a spell in Switzerland, he signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2006.

In 2007 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem, which won the league and the State Cup that season, the club's first double. He saved 2 penalties in the cup final shootout and won the cup again in 2009. He later played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Haifa, where he won the Toto Cup, Hapoel Petah Tikva and Ironi Kiryat Gat.

He changed his name to Kale Dreshler in June 2010 and married Ronit Biton in October 2010. He retired in June 2016 and became a goalkeeping coach, working for Beitar Tubruk, Maccabi Tel Aviv youth teams and Hapoel Kfar Saba.