Benjamin Källman

Benjamin Källman
Personal information
Date of birth	17 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Ekenäs, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Cracovia
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2015	EIF
2016–2022	Inter Turku
2016	→ EIF (loan)
2018–2019	→ Dundee (loan)
2019	→ Vendsyssel FF (loan)
2019	→ Viking (loan)
2020	→ Haugesund (loan)
2022–	Cracovia
National team‡
2018–	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 30 October 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022

Benjamin Källman (born 17 June 1998) is a Finnish international footballer who plays as a forward for Cracovia and the Finland national team.

Club career

Born in Ekenäs, Källman has played for EIF and Inter Turku.^[1] In August 2018, he signed on loan for Scottish club Dundee, with an option to buy.^[2]^[3] On 30 January 2019, he was then loaned out to Vendsyssel FF in the Danish Superliga.^[4] In July 2019 he was loaned out to Viking FK in Norway.^[5]

On 2 July 2022, Källman moved to Polish side Cracovia on a three-year contract.^[6]

Källman made his international debut for Finland in 2018.^[7]

His father Mikael Källman is widely considered to be Finland's greatest handball player of all time.^[8]

As of match played 30 October 2022^[1]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
EIF	2014	Kakkonen	13	1	0	0	—		—		13	1
	2015	Ykkönen	25	5	0	0	—		—		25	5
	Total		38	6	0	0	—		—		38	6
Inter Turku	2016	Veikkausliiga	22	2	5	1	—		0	0	27	3
	2017	Veikkausliiga	31	9	6	3	—		—		37	12
	2018	Veikkausliiga	20	8	7	8	—		—		27	16
	2019	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020	Veikkausliiga	10	4	1	0	1	0	—		12	4
	2021	Veikkausliiga	27	14	5	0	2	1	—		34	15
	2022	Veikkausliiga	12	7	2	1	0	0	6^[a]	6	20	14
	Total		122	44	26	13	3	1	6	6	157	64
EIF (loan)	2016	Ykkönen	7	3	0	0	—		—		7	3
Dundee (loan)	2018–19	Scottish Premiership	18	1	1	0	—		—		19	1
Vendsyssel FF (loan)	2018–19	Danish Superliga	7	2	0	0	—		4^[b]	0	11	2
Viking (loan)	2019	Eliteserien	11	3	2	1	—		—		13	4
Haugesund (loan)	2020	Eliteserien	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Cracovia	2022–23	Ekstraklasa	15	4	2	0	—		0	0	17	4
Career total			228	63	31	14	3	1	10	6	272	84

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 June 2019	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.	14 June 2022	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	2–3	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
3.	26 September 2022	City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–0	2–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Benjamin Källman at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "Kallman signs". Dundee F.C. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Sebastian Backman (17 August 2018). "IS: Benjamin Källman nära flytt till Skottland" (in Swedish). HBL. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ TALENTFULD, UNG FINSK ANGRIBER TIL VENDSYSSEL FF, vendsysselff.dk, 30 January 2019
^ Fornes, Fredrik. "Finsk landslagsspiss nærmer seg Viking". Aftenposten.
^ "Benjamin Källman nowym zawodnikiem Cracovii!" (in Polish). Cracovia. 2 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Benjamin Källman". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ ""Ei vain urheilun ehdoilla" – Benjamin Källman sai tärkeän ohjeen legenda-isältään" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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