Kayla Rendell | |
Full Name: | Kayla Shea Rendell[1] |
Birth Date: | 29 June 2001 |
Height: | 1.76m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Southampton |
Clubnumber: | 1 |
Youthclubs1: | Southampton |
Years1: | 2019– |
Clubs1: | Southampton |
Caps1: | 77 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
Nationalteam3: | England U19 |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2022– |
Nationalteam4: | England U23 |
Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears5: | 2024– |
Nationalteam5: | England |
Nationalcaps5: | 0 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 10:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 5 April 2024 |
Kayla Shea Rendell (born 29 June 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club Southampton, and the England under-23 team. A product of the Southampton academy, she has represented England since under-16 youth level.
Rendell began playing football at the age of 6 with Merely, in Poole, joined the Dorset Centre of Excellence aged 8, and later played for Merley Cobham Girls.[2] Prior to becoming a full-time footballer, Rendell worked at Screwfix while playing non-league football for Southampton part-time.[3]
Rendell joined Southampton aged 15, playing in the Region Talent Club under-16s team.
On 27 February 2022, in the 2021–22 FA Cup, she scored a dramatic equalising goal from a corner against Ipswich Town in extra time,[4] [5] which was later awarded as Goal of the Season.[6]
In the 2022–23 season, Rendell was awarded Women's Championship Player of the Month for October 2022, having kept three clean sheets in the month in 1–0 victories.[7] In May 2023, she was nominated for Women's Championship Save of the Season for her fingertip save against Sunderland.[8]
In June 2023, Rendell was awarded Southampton Women's Player of the Season by fans,[9] featuring in all but one of the Saints games, keeping nine clean sheets, and making a total of 89 saves.[10]
On 23 June 2023, she extended her contract with Southampton until 2025.[11]
Rendell has represented England at every youth level from under-16 to under-23.
On 16 March 2018, Rendell was named as part of the England under-17 squad for 2018 U-17 Championship qualification.[12] She made her debut on 28 March 2018 against Switzerland, keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 win.[13] In May 2018, in the final tournament, Rendell kept clean sheets in victories over Italy and Germany, with England beaten 2–1 by Finland in the World Cup play-off.[14]
On 30 September 2022, Rendell was called up to the England under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and Sweden,[15] where she would be an unused substitute, in favour of Emily Ramsey.
On 20 February 2023, Rendell made her debut for the England U23 team, as the starting goalkeeper in a 4–1 victory over Belgium.[16] [17] On 30 October 2023, with the under-23s, she made a series of saves to keep a clean sheet against Portugal in a 2–0 win.[18] [19]
In April 2024, Rendell received her first call-up to the senior England team for their Euro 2025 qualifiers.[20] In May, she was named to the standby list for Euro qualifiers,[21] but later withdrew from the squad due to an ankle injury.[22]
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