![]() Rendell playing for Southampton in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kayla Shea Rendell [1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 2001 | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Southampton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019– | Southampton | 77 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | England U17 | 5 | (0) |
2018 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
2019 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
2022– | England U23 | 4 | (0) |
2024– | England | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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. [2]
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] [9]
In June 2023, Rendell was awarded Southampton Women's Player of the Season by fans, [10] featuring in all but one of the Saints games, keeping nine clean sheets, and making a total of 89 saves. [8]
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. [2]
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, [14] with England beaten 2–1 by Finland in the World Cup play-off. [15]
On 30 September 2022, Rendell was called up to the England under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and Sweden, [16] where she would be an unused substitute, in favour of Emily Ramsey. [17]
On 20 February 2023, Rendell made her debut for the England U23 team, as the starting goalkeeper in a 4–1 victory over Belgium. [18] [19] 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. [20] [21]
In April 2024, Rendell received her first call-up to the senior England team for their Euro 2025 qualifiers. [22] In May, she was named to the standby list for Euro qualifiers, [23] but later withdrew from the squad due to an ankle injury. [24]
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