Faris Krkalić (born 15 June 2002) is a Bosnia and Herzegovinan professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

club

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

Club career

Krkalić started football in a youth sector of

FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...

, before moving to

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

organisation in 2018. He signed a professional contract with Dinamo in June 2020. During 2020–22, he was loaned out ot

Sesvete Sesvete () is the easternmost city district of Zagreb, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwe ...

in Croatian second-tier Prva NL, making 41 appearances in the division. In early 2023, he played briefly for Kustošija in Prva NL, again on a loan deal. In March 2025, Krkalić moved to Finland and signed with

.Prošle sezone je debitirao za Dinamo u HNL-u, a sada odlazi u finskog prvoligaša
telegram.hr, 5 March 2025 He debuted in the league on 27 April, after replacing a sent-off Otso Virtanen on the 7th minute of the match against

IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, and it plays ...

at the

Wiklöf Holding Arena Wiklöf Holding Arena (located in ''Idrottsparken'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Mariehamn, Finland. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of IFK Mariehamn and Åland United. The stadium has a capacity ...

International career

Krkalić has represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at under-15, under-17 and under-18 youth international levels.

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