Jan-Philipp Kalla (born 6 August 1986) is a German former 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 played as a defender for

SC Victoria Hamburg SC Victoria Hamburg is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg. The football team is part of a larger sports club that has departments for badminton, handball, hockey, athletics, tennis, table tennis (playing as SG Victoria ...

. He spent his entire professional career with

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

Career

Kalla made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for

on 6 May 2008 in a game against

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

. His contract with FC St. Pauli was not extended at the end of the 2019–20 season. He spent 17 years at the club and made 164 league appearances.

Post-playing career

Kalla took up a representative role at

in August 2020. He also joined fifth-tier side

Career statistics

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* 1986 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Hamburg Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hamburger SV players FC St. Pauli players SC Victoria Hamburg players 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub