Naatan Skyttä
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]
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Skyttä playing for Finland U21 in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Naatan Mikael Skyttä | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 2002 | ||
| 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 | 23 | (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 | 20 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 | |||
Club career
Ilves
A product of the Ilves youth academy, Skyttä signed his first professional contract with Ilves first team in 2018.
Toulouse FC
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)
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)
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
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
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
- As of match played 19 May 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Toulouse B | 2021–22 | 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 | 83 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 18 | ||
- Includes Finnish Cup, Coupe de France and Norwegian Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Includes 2023 French Super Cup
References
- Naatan Skyttä at Soccerway
- Gynther, Mikko (27 March 2023). "Lainapestit historiaan? Naatan Skyttä on valmis kovaan läpimurtoon: "En sitä piilottele"" (in Finnish). Aamulehti. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- "Ilveksen superlupaus pitkällä sopimuksella Toulouse FC:hen" (in Finnish). YLE. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- Ikola, Eetu (26 August 2022). "Huippulupaavalle suomalaistähdelle kaivattu seurasiirto" (in Finnish). MTV Oy. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- soccerway
- soccerway
- LANNION VS. TOULOUSE 1 - 7, int.soccerway.com
- "Naatan Skyttä prêté au Viking FK sur cette fin d'année 2022" (in French). Toulouse FC. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- "Pikkuhuuhkajien tähtilupaus Naatan Skyttä uuteen seuraan - "Olen erittäin tyytyväinen"" (in Finnish). MTV Oy. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- Oivio, Janne (9 May 2023). "Suomalaislupaus Naatan Skytän, 21, sääriluu murtui" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- "Toulouse 1 – 0 LASK". UEFA. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- soccerway
- CHAMBÉRY VS. TOULOUSE, int.soccerway.com
- "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.
- "Toulouse win their first major trophy". guardian.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
External links
- Naatan Skyttä – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French