Kayla Rendell

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Kayla Rendell
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Rendell playing for Southampton in 2023
Personal information
Full name Kayla Shea Rendell[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 24)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 1
Youth career
Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2025 Southampton[a] 79 (0)
2025– Manchester United 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U17 5 (0)
2018 England U18 1 (0)
2019 England U19 1 (0)
2022– England U23 8 (0)
2025– England 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 May 2025

Kayla Shea Rendell (born 29 June 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Manchester United, and the England under-23 team. A product of the Southampton academy, she has represented England at every youth level.

Early life

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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.[5] Prior to becoming a full-time footballer, Rendell worked at Screwfix while playing non-league football for Southampton part-time.[6]

Club career

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Southampton

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Rendell playing in goal for Southampton against Lewes in 2023.

Rendell joined Southampton aged 15, playing in the Region Talent Club under-16s team.[5]

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,[7][8] which was later awarded as Goal of the Season.[9]

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.[10] In May 2023, she was nominated for Women's Championship Save of the Season for her fingertip save against Sunderland.[11][12]

In June 2023, Rendell was awarded Southampton Women's Player of the Season by fans,[13] featuring in all but one of the Saints games, keeping nine clean sheets, and making a total of 89 saves.[11] She extended her contract with Southampton until 2025.[14]

Rendell didn't make a league appearance during the first half of the 2024–25 season, and was instead replaced by fellow youth international Fran Stenson.[15]

Manchester United

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On 11 January 2025, Rendell signed for Women's Super League club Manchester United for an undisclosed fee,[16][17] and was subsequently named as the new number 1 goalkeeper.[18]

International career

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Youth

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Rendell has represented England at every youth level from under-16 to under-23.[5][15]

On 16 March 2018, Rendell was named as part of the England under-17 squad for 2018 U-17 Championship qualification.[19] She made her debut on 28 March 2018 against Switzerland, keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 win.[20] In May 2018, in the final tournament, Rendell kept clean sheets in victories over Italy and Germany,[21] with England beaten 2–1 by Finland in the World Cup play-off.[22]

On 30 September 2022, Rendell was called up to the England under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and Sweden,[23] where she would be an unused substitute, in favour of Emily Ramsey.[24]

On 20 February 2023, Rendell made her debut for the England U23 team, as the starting goalkeeper in a 4–1 victory over Belgium.[25][26] 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.[27][28]

Senior

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In April 2024, Rendell received her first call-up to the senior England team for their Euro 2025 qualifiers.[29] In May, she was named to the standby list for Euro qualifiers,[30] but later withdrew from the squad due to an ankle injury.[31]

Honours

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External video
video icon Southampton Women's Goal of the Season, 2021–22 FA Cup fifth round vs Ipswich, February 2022

Manchester United

Individual

Notes

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  1. ^ Domestic stats include 38 National League appearance in 2019–20 (8),[2] 2020–21 (4),[3] and 2021–22 (26).[4]

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