![]() 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 | 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, correct as of 12:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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