Ryan Mahuta

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Ryan Mahuta
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Haka
Number 21
Youth career
TuNL
0000–2018 TPS
2019–2021 Inter Turku
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Inter Turku II 23 (8)
2021–2022 Inter Turku 17 (0)
2023– Haka 46 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Ryan Mahuta (born 7 July 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side Haka.

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Early life

Mahuta was born in Turku, Finland, to a South Sudanese mother and a father from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He has dual citizenship of DRC and Finland. [2]

Career

Mahuta started playing football in Turun Nappulaliiga youth league at the age of seven, and in the youth sector of TPS. After two seasons in Veikkausliiga with a rival club Inter Turku, Mahuta left Turku after the 2022 season.

On 20 January 2023, Mahuta signed a one-year contract with Haka, with an option to extend for 2024. [3] After the season, Haka exercised their option and Mahuta's contract was extended until the end of 2024. [4]

International career

In March 2023, Mahuta received a call up to South Sudan national football team, but declined, and announced his interest to represent either Finland or DRC. [5]

Career statistics

Club

[6] [7]

ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Turku II 2019 Kolmonen 10———10
2020Kolmonen90———90
2021Kolmonen20———20
2022Kolmonen118———118
Total238000000238
Inter Turku 2021 Veikkausliiga 902000—110
2022 Veikkausliiga8000003 [lower-alpha 2] 0110
Total170200030220
Haka 2023 Veikkausliiga252102 [lower-alpha 3] 05 [lower-alpha 2] 1333
2024 Veikkausliiga21030—4 [lower-alpha 2] 0280
Total462402091613
Career total8510602012110511
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

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References

  1. ↑ Ryan Mahuta at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Perkiö, Jari (7 June 2023). "Valkeakosken huippulöytö Ryan Mahuta hämmästyi Instagram-päivitystä, jossa kerrottiin hänen lähtevän Etelä-Sudaniin – "Sanoin, etten ole kiinnostunut"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "20 -VUOTIAS PUOLUSTAJA SIIRTYY TURUSTA TEHTAAN KENTÄLLE" [20-YEAR-OLD DEFENDER WILL MOVE FROM TURKU TO TEHTA'S FIELD] (in Finnish). FC Haka. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. ↑ VIIME KAUDEN KOMEETTA JATKAA HAKASSA, Haka, 3 November 2023
  5. ↑ "Ryan Mahuta innoissaan uudesta mahdollisuudesta – "Ollut tähän mennessä oikea valinta"" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Ryan Mahuta at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA/Palloliitto
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