Kayla Rendell

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.

Early life
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. Prior to becoming a full-time footballer, Rendell worked at Screwfix while playing non-league football for Southampton part-time.

Club career
Rendell joined Southampton aged 15, playing in the Region Talent Club under-16s team.

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, which was later awarded as Goal of the Season.

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. In May 2023, she was nominated for Women's Championship Save of the Season for her fingertip save against Sunderland.

In June 2023, Rendell was awarded Southampton Women's Player of the Season by fans, featuring in all but one of the Saints games, keeping nine clean sheets, and making a total of 89 saves.

On 23 June 2023, she extended her contract with Southampton until 2025.

International career
Rendell has represented England at every youth level from under-16 to under-23.

On 16 March 2018, Rendell was named as part of the England under-17 squad for 2018 U-17 Championship qualification. She made her debut on 28 March 2018 against Switzerland, keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 win. In May 2018, in the final tournament, Rendell kept clean sheets in victories over Italy and Germany, with England beaten 2–1 by Finland in the World Cup play-off.

On 30 September 2022, Rendell was called up to the England under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and Sweden, where she would be an unused substitute, in favour of Emily Ramsey.

On 20 February 2023, Rendell made her debut for the England U23 team, as the starting goalkeeper in a 4–1 victory over Belgium. 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.

In April 2024, Rendell received her first call-up to the senior England team for their Euro 2025 qualifiers. In May, she was named to the standby list for Euro qualifiers, but later withdrew from the squad due to an ankle injury.

Honours
Individual


 * Southampton Women's Goal of the Season: 2021–22
 * Women's Championship Player of the Month: October 2022
 * Southampton Women's Player of the Season: 2022–23