| Naatan Skyttä | |
| Full Name: | Naatan Mikael Skyttä |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Ylöjärvi, Finland |
| Height: | 1.70 m |
| Currentclub: | Toulouse |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Ilves |
| Years1: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Ilves |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | → HJS (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Ilves II |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Clubs4: | Toulouse |
| Caps4: | 24 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Toulouse B |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Viking (loan) |
| Caps6: | 10 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | → OB (loan) |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam3: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 8 |
| Club-Update: | 18 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 9 June 2024 |
Naatan Mikael Skyttä (born 7 May 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Finland U21 national team.[1]
A product of the Ilves youth academy, Skyttä signed his first professional contract with Ilves first team in 2018.
Skyttä signed with French club Toulouse on 1 February 2021 on a deal until 30 June 2025.[2] The transfer fee was reported to be €500,000.[3] Skyttä made his debut for Toulouse on 20 April 2021, in a Coupe de France quarter final match against Rumilly-Vallières.[4] On 24 July 2021, Skyttä debuted in Ligue 2 in a match against Ajaccio.[5]
He scored his first goal for Toulouse on 8 January 2023, in a Coupe de France win over Lannion.[6]
On 26 August 2022, he joined Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking on loan for the remainder of the 2022 season, without an option to buy.[7]
On 31 January 2023, after a brief return to Toulouse, Skyttä signed a loan deal with Danish club OB for the rest of the season, without an option to buy.[8] He scored his first goal for OB in Superliga on 16 April 2023, in a 2–0 victory over Silkeborg.
On 9 May 2023, it was announced that Skyttä had suffered a shinbone fracture in the Superliga match and he was ruled out of games for several months.[9]
Skyttä returned to Toulouse line-up for the UEFA Europa League group stage match against LASK on 5 October 2023, but remained an unused substitute.[10] He made his first appearance after the injury on 29 October 2023, in a Ligue 1 match against Montpellier, coming in from the bench on the 70th minute.[11] On 7 January 2024, he scored the first goals after his injury, a brace in a Coupe de France win against Chambéry.[12]
Skyttä is a regular Finnish youth international. In the 2023 UEFA Euro Under-21 Championship qualification campaign, Skyttä scored 6 goals in 10 matches.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| HJS | 2018 | Kakkonen | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ilves II | 2019 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Ilves | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 7 | |||
| Total | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | |||
| Toulouse | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Toulouse B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Viking (loan) | 2022 | Eliteserien | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| OB (loan) | 2022-23 | Danish Superliga | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 84 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 18 | |||
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