Jutta Rantala

Jutta Rantala
Rantala playing for Leicester City in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jutta Kaarina Rebekka Rantala
Date of birth (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999
Place of birth Köyliö, Finland
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Everton
Youth career
–2013 Euran Pallo
2014 NiceFutis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 NiceFutis 40 (10)
2016–2017 TPS 45 (26)
2018 Honka 23 (6)
2019 HJK 22 (22)
2020–2021 Kristianstads 43 (9)
2022–2023 Vittsjö GIK 43 (19)
2023–2026 Leicester City 25 (7)
2026– Everton 0 (0)
International career‡
2020– Finland 30 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 December 2024

Jutta Kaarina Rebekka Rantala (Finnish: [ˈjutːɑ ˈrɑntɑlɑ]; born 10 November 1999)[1][2] is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Everton and the Finland national team.

Club career

Rantala debuted in the Finnish women's premier division Naisten Liiga at the age of 14.[3]

On 5 November 2015, Rantala was announced at TPS.[4]

On 11 November 2017, Rantala was announced at FC Honka.[5]

On her league debut for HJK, Rantala scored 4 goals against ONS on 23 March 2019.[6] In 2019, she was the league top scorer with 22 goals and was nominated as the Player of the Year.[7] In December 2019, Rantala was signed by the Swedish side Kristianstads DFF on a one year contract.[8]

In December 2021, Rantala joined Vittsjö GIK.[9] On 21 October 2022, she signed a new contract with Vittsjö GIK for the 2023 season.[10]

In August 2023, Rantala joined Leicester City in the Women's Super League, signing a two year contract.[11] She scored two goals on her league debut against Bristol City on 1 October 2023, scoring in the 49th and 83rd minute, winning the Player of the Match award.[12][13] After her first season with Leicester City, she won the Player of the Season award.[14] In October 2024, she suffered a knee injury.[15]

On 22 July 2026, Rantala was announced at Everton.[16]

International career

Rantala was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup squad.[17] She scored on her national team debut in the 2020 Cyprus Cup against Croatia, scoring in the 5th minute.[18]

Rantala was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.[19]

Rantala was initially not called up to the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time.[20] She was later called up to replace Tuija Hyyrynen, who had withdrawn from the squad due to injury.[21]

Rantala was part of the Finland squad that won the 2024 Pinatar Cup for the first time.[22]

On 19 June 2025, Rantala was called up to the Finland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[23]

Rantala playing for Finland U17 in 2015

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 December 2025[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice Futis 2014 Naisten Liiga 183–––183
2015 Naisten Liiga 227–––227
Total 40100000004010
TPS 2016 Naisten Liiga 231249––2721
2017 Naisten Liiga 221422––2416
Total 452661100005137
Honka 2018 Naisten Liiga 23612–5[c]22910
HJK 2019 Naisten Liiga 222264––2826
Kristianstad 2020 Damallsvenskan 21755––2612
2021 Damallsvenskan 22211–2[c]0253
Total 4396600205115
Vittsjö GIK 2022 Damallsvenskan 261143––3014
2023 Damallsvenskan 17800––178
Total 43194300004722
Leicester City 2023–24 Women's Super League 2264341–3010
2024–25 Women's Super League 310010–41
Total 2574351003411
Career total 2419927295172280131

International

As of 3 December 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 202011
202120
202270
2023126
202483
Total3010
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rantala goal.
List of international goals scored by Jutta Rantala
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 March 2020AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Croatia1–02–32020 Cyprus Women's Cup
2.16 February 2023GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Croatia4–14–12023 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.22 February 2023AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Romania1–04–0
4.10 April 2023NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia Slovakia2–02–0Friendly
5.14 July 2023Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–02–1
6.22 September 2023Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland Slovakia2–04–02023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
7.5 December 2023Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia Slovakia2–22–2
8.24 February 2024Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Slovenia1–01–02024 Pinatar Cup
9.9 April 2024Bolt Arena, Helsinki, Finland Italy1–12–1UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
10.4 June 2024Tammelan Stadion, Tampere, Finland Netherlands1–11–1

Honours

HJK

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Jutta Rantala". UEFA. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "10 Rantala". HJK Helsinki. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Kuisma, Joonas (14 September 2019). "HJK:n nuori tähtihyökkääjä painaa pitkää päivää: sylkee viikonloppuisin maaleja ja ohjaa arkisin lapsia" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "TPS:n naisille kymmenen jatkosopimusta – Jutta Rantala uutena mukaan". fc.tps.fi (in Finnish). 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jutta Rantala siirtyy Honkaan". uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  6. ↑ "ONS vs HJK - 23 March 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ↑ "Naisten Liigan parhaita palkittiin Captain's Ball -gaalassa" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Andersson, Fredrik (11 December 2019). "Kristianstad värvar finsk skyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Vittsjö värvar finsk landslagsstjärna från KDFF: "Fick en bra känsla direkt"" [Vittsjö recruits Finnish national team star from KDFF: "Got a good feeling right away"]. Norra Skåne (in Swedish). 10 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rantala fortsätter i Vittsjö 2023". www.svenskalag.se (in Swedish).
  11. ↑ "LCFC Women Sign Finland International Jutta Rantala". 23 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Bristol City vs Leicester City - 1 October 2023". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ↑ "Jutta Rantala Profile". www.lcfc.com.
  14. ↑ "'I Can't Thank The Fans Enough' - Rantala's On Award Wins". www.lcfc.com.
  15. ↑ Helmarien ykköshyökkääjän tilanteesta lisätietoa – tärkeät EM-jatkokarsinnat jäävät väliin, Yle, 18 October 2024
  16. ↑ "Everton Sign Versatile Forward Rantala". Everton F.C. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Helmarit nimetty Cyprus Cupiin 2020" [Helmarit named to the Cyprus Cup 2020] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 25 February 2020.
  18. ↑ "Helmarit taipui hyvän alun jälkeen Kroatialle" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "Helmareiden EM-kisajoukkue valittu". Finnish Football Association (in Finnish). 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Rumänien utklassat av fotbollsdamerna – Cyprus Cup blev en framgångssaga för Finland". svenska.yle.fi. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "Rantala korvaa Hyyrysen Helmareissa" [Rantala replaces Hyyrysen in Helmari] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 5 March 2020.
  22. ↑ "Helmarit nimetty helmikuun Pinatar Cupiin" [Helmarit nominated for February's Pinatar Cup] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 13 February 2024.
  23. ↑ "Helmarit nimetty EM-lopputurnaukseen" [Helmarit named for the European Championship finals] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  24. ↑ Jutta Rantala stats, Football Association of Finland
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