Naatan Skyttä

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Naatan Skyttä
Skyttä playing for Finland U21 in 2022
Personal information
Full name Naatan Mikael Skyttä
Date of birth (2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Ylöjärvi, Finland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Toulouse
Number 22
Youth career
Ilves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Ilves 29 (9)
2018 → HJS (loan) 1 (1)
2019 → Ilves II 10 (0)
2021– Toulouse 22 (0)
2021 → Toulouse B 4 (3)
2022 → Viking (loan) 10 (0)
2023 → OB (loan) 8 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Finland U17 12 (4)
2019 Finland U19 2 (0)
2020– Finland U21 18 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Naatan Mikael Skyttä (born 7 May 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Finland U21 national team.[1][2]

Club career[edit]

Ilves[edit]

A product of the Ilves youth academy, Skyttä signed his first professional contract with Ilves first team in 2018.

Toulouse FC[edit]

Skyttä signed with French club Toulouse on 1 February 2021 on a deal until 30 June 2025.[3] The transfer fee was reported to be €500,000.[4] Skyttä made his debut for Toulouse on 20 April 2021, in a Coupe de France quarter final match against Rumilly-Vallières.[5] On 24 July 2021, Skyttä debuted in Ligue 2 in a match against Ajaccio.[6]

He scored his first goal for Toulouse on 8 January 2023, in a Coupe de France win over Lannion.[7]

Viking FK (loan)[edit]

On 26 August 2022, he joined Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking on loan for the remainder of the 2022 season, without an option to buy.[8]

Odense Boldklub (loan)[edit]

On 31 January 2023, after a brief return to Toulouse, Skyttä signed a loan deal with Danish club OB for the rest of the season, without an option to buy.[9] He scored his first goal for OB in Superliga on 16 April 2023, in a 2–0 victory over Silkeborg.

On 9 May 2023, it was announced that Skyttä had suffered a shinbone fracture in the Superliga match and he was ruled out of games for several months.[10]

Return to Toulouse[edit]

Skyttä returned to Toulouse line-up for the UEFA Europa League group stage match against LASK on 5 October 2023, but remained an unused substitute.[11] He made his first appearance after the injury on 29 October 2023, in a Ligue 1 match against Montpellier, coming in from the bench on the 70th minute.[12] On 7 January 2024, he scored the first goals after his injury, a brace in a Coupe de France win against Chambéry.[13]

International career[edit]

Skyttä is a regular Finnish youth international. In the 2023 UEFA Euro Under-21 Championship qualification campaign, Skyttä scored 6 goals in 10 matches.

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 3 March 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJS 2018 Kakkonen 1 1 — — — 1 1
Ilves II 2019 Kakkonen 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Ilves 2018 Veikkausliiga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2019 Veikkausliiga 11 2 3 0 — — 14 2
2020 Veikkausliiga 16 7 1 0 1[b] 0 — 18 7
Total 29 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 34 9
Toulouse 2020–21 Ligue 2 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2021–22 Ligue 2 13 0 4 0 — — 17 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 2 0 2 1 — — 4 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 7 0 2 2 2[b] 0 1[c] 0 12 2
Total 22 0 9 3 2 0 1 0 34 3
Toulouse B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 4 3 — — — 4 3
Viking (loan) 2022 Eliteserien 10 0 1 0 — — 11 0
OB (loan) 2022-23 Danish Superliga 8 2 0 0 — — 8 2
Career total 82 15 14 3 3 0 1 0 100 18
  1. ^ Includes Finnish Cup, Coupe de France and Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Includes 2023 French Super Cup

Honours[edit]

Ilves

Toulouse

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Naatan Skyttä at Soccerway
  2. ^ Gynther, Mikko (27 March 2023). "Lainapestit historiaan? Naatan Skyttä on valmis kovaan läpimurtoon: "En sitä piilottele"" (in Finnish). Aamulehti. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ilveksen superlupaus pitkällä sopimuksella Toulouse FC:hen" (in Finnish). YLE. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ Ikola, Eetu (26 August 2022). "Huippulupaavalle suomalaistähdelle kaivattu seurasiirto" (in Finnish). MTV Oy. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ soccerway
  6. ^ soccerway
  7. ^ LANNION VS. TOULOUSE 1 - 7, int.soccerway.com
  8. ^ "Naatan Skyttä prêté au Viking FK sur cette fin d'année 2022" (in French). Toulouse FC. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Pikkuhuuhkajien tähtilupaus Naatan Skyttä uuteen seuraan - "Olen erittäin tyytyväinen"" (in Finnish). MTV Oy. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  10. ^ Oivio, Janne (9 May 2023). "Suomalaislupaus Naatan Skytän, 21, sääriluu murtui" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Toulouse 1 – 0 LASK". UEFA. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  12. ^ soccerway
  13. ^ CHAMBÉRY VS. TOULOUSE, int.soccerway.com
  14. ^ "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Toulouse win their first major trophy". guardian.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-02.

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