Faris Krkalić
Goalkeeper · Ilves · №12
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Ilves
FF Jaro
Veikkausliiga
|
2:0 | |
Ilves
HJK Helsinki
Veikkausliiga
|
1:2 | |
Ilves
Vaasan Palloseura
Veikkausliiga
|
0:1 | |
Ilves
HNK Rijeka
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:1 | |
Ilves
IFK Mariehamn
Veikkausliiga
|
2:0 | |
|
HNK Rijeka
Ilves
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:0 | |
AC Oulu
Ilves
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
Ilves
Stjarnan
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:0 | |
Ilves
FC Lahti
Veikkausliiga
|
1:0 | |
|
Stjarnan
Ilves
UEFA Europa Conference League
|
1:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Veikkausliiga | 2026 | 13 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2026 | 5 |
About the player
Faris Krkalić came through Sarajevo's academy before leaving Bosnia at sixteen for Dinamo Zagreb's youth setup. Two loan spells followed, first a long stretch at second-tier Sesvete and then a shorter one at Kuštošija, before he got his single top-flight appearance for Dinamo in the 2023/24 season. That campaign still counts as his most decorated on paper — Dinamo won both the Croatian league and cup that year.
The following season he did not feature for the first team at all, and in March 2025 he left for Finland, joining Ilves. He has become a fixture in Tampere, with more than two dozen league appearances plus outings in the Finnish Cup and the UEFA Conference League. Ilves rewarded him in December 2025 with a new three-year contract running to the end of 2028.
His 2026 Veikkausliiga season has been a heavy workload — sixteen league matches, twenty-three goals conceded, five clean sheets.
At international level, Krkalić's story so far belongs entirely to the youth ranks: a handful of caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina's under-15, under-17 and under-18 sides between 2017 and 2019, but no call-up yet to the senior team.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Ilves Tampere 42 matches
- 2025 Ilves Tampere II 1 match
- 2024 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 match
- 2023 NK Kustosija Zagreb 3 matches
- 2021 — 2022 Sesvete 44 matches
- 2020 GNK Dinamo Zagreb UEFA U19 1 match
- 2018 FK Sarajevo Academy U17 11 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Ilves Tampere | UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 6 | 0 | 0 | 570 |
| 23/24 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | SuperSport HNL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 22/23 | NK Kustosija Zagreb | Relegation Prva NL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 22/23 | NK Kustosija Zagreb | Prva Nogometna Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | Sesvete | Prva Nogometna Liga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 845 |
| 21/22 | Sesvete | Hrvatski nogometni kup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| 2026 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 509 |
| 2026 | Ilves Tampere | Liigacup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2026 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2025 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga Championship Group | 7 | 0 | 0 | 599 |
| 2025 | Ilves Tampere | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 465 |
| 2025 | Ilves Tampere II | Kakkonen - Group B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 2025 | Ilves Tampere | Suomen Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 20/21 | Sesvete | Prva Nogometna Liga | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 800 |
| 20/21 | Sesvete | Hrvatski nogometni kup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 19/20 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb UEFA U19 | UEFA Youth League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 17/18 | FK Sarajevo Academy U17 | Premijer Liga BiH U17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 548 |
| Total | Sesvete | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 975 | |
| Total | Ilves Tampere | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 683 | |
| Total | FK Sarajevo Academy U17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 548 | |
| Total | Bosnia-Herzegovina U15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 280 | |
| Total | Bosnia-Herzegovina U17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 255 | |
| Total | NK Kustosija Zagreb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | |
| Total | GNK Dinamo Zagreb UEFA U19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | Bosnia-Herzegovina U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | Ilves Tampere II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Total | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Dinamo Zagreb Ilves
- 22/23 Kustosija Dinamo Zagreb
- 22/23 Dinamo Zagreb Kustosija
- 22/23 Din. Zagreb II Dinamo Zagreb
- 21/22 Sesvete Din. Zagreb II
- 20/21 Din. Zagreb U19 Sesvete
- 19/20 Din. Zagreb U17 Din. Zagreb U19
- 18/19 Sarajevo U17 Din. Zagreb U17
- 17/18 FK Sarajevo Yth Sarajevo U17
