{{short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Robin Kalem | image = | full_name = Robin Tristan Kalem | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|7|14}} | birth_place = Stühlingen, Germany | height = 1.81 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Wehen Wiesbaden | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007 | youthclubs1 = SV Lottstetten | youthyears2 = 2008–2020 | youthclubs2 = Grasshopper Club Zürich | years1 = 2020–2024 | clubs1 = Grasshopper Club Zürich | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2021–2024 | clubs2 = Grasshopper II | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2021–2023 | clubs3 = → Schaffhausen (loan) | caps3 = 58 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = Hannover 96 II | caps4 = 35 | goals4 = 7 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Wehen Wiesbaden | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0 | club-update = 24 May 2026 }} '''Robin Tristan Kalem''' (born 14 July 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{German football updater|Wiesbaden}} club Wehen Wiesbaden.
==Professional career==
===Grasshopper Club Zürich===
Kalem joined the Grasshopper academy in 2008 at only six years of age. He made his professional debut for the first team mere days after his 18th birthday, on 17 July 2020, in 0–1 defeat against Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Challenge League. He scored his first goal in the Swiss Cup against Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on 12 September 2020 and continued making appearances for the first squad until he broke his toe in April 2021, thus missing the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/season-ending-injury-for-kalem/|title=SEASON ENDING INJURY FOR KALEM|language=English|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=2021-04-16|archive-date=15 November 2022|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115124502/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/season-ending-injury-for-kalem/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
====Loan to Schaffhausen====
For the 2021–22 season, he was loaned out to FC Schaffhausen in the Swiss Challenge League, to earn some experience, along with fellow GC youth Fabio Fehr.<ref name=shn>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shn.ch/sport/fussball/2021-08-31/zwei-mittelfeldtalente-fuer-den-fc-schaffhausen|title= Zwei Mittelfeldtalente für den FC Schaffhausen |website=shn.ch}}</ref> He collected a total of 30 caps for Schaffhausen and scored one goal, along with supplying four assists. {{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
He returned to Grasshopper for the preparation of the 2022–23 season.<ref name=trs>{{cite news|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/start-of-training-for-the-hoppers/|title=START OF TRAINING FOR THE HOPPERS|language=English|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|date=2022-06-17|archive-date=17 November 2022|access-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117140215/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/start-of-training-for-the-hoppers/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 14 July 2022, a few days before the start of the season, he returned to Schaffhausen for another half season loan spell, along with teammate Leonardo Uka.<ref>{{cite web|title=KALEM AND UKA ON LOAN TO SCHAFFHAUSEN|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/news/article/kalem-and-uka-on-loan-to-schaffhausen/ |accessdate=2022-07-15|website=gcz.ch|date=2022-07-14}}</ref> On 20 January 2023, he extended his contract with GC for a further year with an option to extend.<ref>{{cite web|title=KALEM AND STROSCIO ON LOAN TO SCHAFFHAUSEN|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/kalem-and-stroscio-on-loan-to-schaffhausen/ |accessdate=2023-01-20|website=gcz.ch|date=2023-01-20}}</ref> After completing the winter break with his parent club, he returned to Schaffhausen for the remainder of the season together with teammate Simone Stroscio.
====Return to Grasshopper==== Following the conclusion of the season, he returned to Grasshopper to begin preparation for the next season.<ref name=eos2223>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/end-of-season-squad-update/|title=End of Season Squad Update|date=25 May 2023|accessdate=26 May 2023|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525211729/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/17/end-of-season-squad-update/|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, he made just one appearance for the first team, in the first round of the Swiss Cup, and played mainly in the reserves. On 19 June 2024, Grasshoppers announced that Kalem had departed the club.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Grasshopper Club Zürich|url=https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/start-of-training-coaching-staff-completion/|title=START OF TRAINING & COACHING STAFF & COMPLETION|date=19 June 2024|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=19 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619223031/https://www.gcz.ch/en/news/article/1/start-of-training-coaching-staff-completion/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Hannover 96=== On 25 June 2024, he joined the reserves of Hannover 96,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hannover 96|url=https://www.hannover96.de/newscenter/news/details/33733-new66790c3077ba2916903211-mittelfeldmann-fuer-die-3-liga-robin-kalem-kommt-vom-grasshopper-club-zuerich-zur-u23-von-hannover-96.html|title=Robin Kalem kommt vom Grasshopper Club Zürich zur U23 von Hannover 96 |date=25 June 2024|access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> who play in the 2. Bundesliga in Germany. The reserves play in the 3. Liga.
===Wehen Wiesbaden=== On 9 May 2025, Kalem signed a three-season contract with Wehen Wiesbaden in 3. Liga.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wehen Wiesbaden|url=https://svww.de/news/artikel/erster-sommer-neuzugang-svww-nimmt-robin-kalem-unter-vertrag|title=Erster Sommer-Neuzugang: SVWW nimmt Robin Kalem unter Vertrag|trans-title=First summer signing: SVWW signs Robin Kalem|date=9 May 2025|access-date=4 July 2025|language=de}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in Stühlingen, on the German-Swiss border, Kalem's talent was noticed at a children's tournament at five years of age.<ref name=shn/>
He earned his Federal Diploma of Commerce on 15 July 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=FÜNF HOPPERS MIT ERFOLGREICHEM LEHRABSCHLUSS |url=https://www.gcz.ch/news/news/artikel/fuenf-hoppers-mit-erfolgreichem-lehrabschluss/ |accessdate=2022-07-16|website=gcz.ch|date=2022-07-15}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|robin-tristan-kalem/660932}} * [https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/grasshopper-club-zuerich/player/robin-kalem/season/202223/ SFL Profile]
{{SV Wehen Wiesbaden squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalem, Robin}} Category:2002 births Category:People from Waldshut (district) Category:Footballers from Freiburg (region) Category:Living people Category:21st-century German sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:German men's footballers Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players Category:FC Schaffhausen players Category:Hannover 96 II players Category:SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Category:3. Liga players Category:German expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland