Kayla Rendell
English footballer (born 2001)
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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. A product of the Southampton academy, she has represented England internationally from under-17 to under-23 youth level.
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Rendell playing for Southampton in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kayla Shea Rendell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 2001 | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2025 | England U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | England | 0 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 May 2025 | |||
Early life
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
Southampton
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
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
Youth
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
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
| External video | |
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 Southampton Women's Goal of the Season, 2021–22 FA Cup fifth round vs Ipswich, February 2022 |
Manchester United
- Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2024–25[32]
- Women's League Cup runner-up: 2025–26[33]
Individual
- Southampton Women's Goal of the Season: 2021–22[9]
- Women's Championship Player of the Month: October 2022[34]
- Southampton Women's Player of the Season: 2022–23[13]
