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
Pardubice
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)
2023–2024 Haka 46 (2)
2025– Pardubice 0 (0)
*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 Czech First League side FK Pardubice.

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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, continuing in the youth sector of Turun Palloseura (TPS). After spending two seasons in Veikkausliiga with a rival club Inter Turku, Mahuta left Turku after the 2022 season.

On 20 January 2023, he 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]

On 23 December 2024, Mahuta was announced as a new FK Pardubice player in Czech First League, starting in January 2025. [5]

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. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 November 2024. [7] [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Turku II 2019 Kolmonen 1010
2020Kolmonen9090
2021Kolmonen2020
2022Kolmonen118118
Total238000000238
Inter Turku 2021 Veikkausliiga 902000110
2022 Veikkausliiga8000003 [b] 0110
Total170200030220
Haka 2023 Veikkausliiga252102 [c] 05 [b] 1333
2024 Veikkausliiga210304 [b] 0280
Total462402091613
Pardubice 2024–25 Czech First League 000000
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 první zimní posilou FKPCE!, fkpardubice.cz, 23 December 2024
  6. "Ryan Mahuta innoissaan uudesta mahdollisuudesta – "Ollut tähän mennessä oikea valinta"" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  7. Ryan Mahuta at Soccerway
  8. Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Finnish FA/Palloliitto