Jutta Rantala

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

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 (age 25)
Place of birth	Köyliö, Finland
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Leicester City
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2013	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–	Leicester City	25	(7)
International career‡
2020–	Finland	30	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024

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]

International career

Rantala was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup squad.^[16] She scored on her national team debut in the 2020 Cyprus Cup against Croatia, scoring in the 5th minute.^[17]

Rantala was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 squad.^[18]

Rantala was initially not called up to the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time.^[19] She was later called up to replace Tuija Hyyrynen, who had withdrawn from the squad due to injury.^[20]

Rantala was part of the Finland squad that won the 2024 Pinatar Cup for the first time.^[21]

Rantala playing for Finland U17 in 2015

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 December 2025^[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nice Futis	2014	Naisten Liiga	18	3	–		–		–		18	3
	2015	Naisten Liiga	22	7	–		–		–		22	7
	Total		40	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	10
TPS	2016	Naisten Liiga	23	12	4	9	–		–		27	21
	2017	Naisten Liiga	22	14	2	2	–		–		24	16
	Total		45	26	6	11	0	0	0	0	51	37
Honka	2018	Naisten Liiga	23	6	1	2	–		5[c]	2	29	10
HJK	2019	Naisten Liiga	22	22	6	4	–		–		28	26
Kristianstad	2020	Damallsvenskan	21	7	5	5	–		–		26	12
	2021	Damallsvenskan	22	2	1	1	–		2[c]	0	25	3
	Total		43	9	6	6	0	0	2	0	51	15
Vittsjö GIK	2022	Damallsvenskan	26	11	4	3	–		–		30	14
	2023	Damallsvenskan	17	8	0	0	–		–		17	8
	Total		43	19	4	3	0	0	0	0	47	22
Leicester City	2023–24	Women's Super League	22	6	4	3	4	1	–		30	10
	2024–25	Women's Super League	3	1	0	0	1	0	–		4	1
	Total		25	7	4	3	5	1	0	0	34	11
Career total			241	99	27	29	5	1	7	2	280	131

1. Includes Finnish Women's Cup, Svenska Cupen (women) and Women's FA Cup
2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of 3 December 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Finland	2020	1	1
	2021	2	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	12	6
	2024	8	3
Total		30	10

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.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 March 2020	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Croatia	1–0	2–3	2020 Cyprus Women's Cup
2.	16 February 2023	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Croatia	4–1	4–1	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.	22 February 2023	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Romania	1–0	4–0
4.	10 April 2023	NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	14 July 2023	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	2–0	2–1
6.	22 September 2023	Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland	Slovakia	2–0	4–0	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
7.	5 December 2023	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–2	2–2
8.	24 February 2024	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Slovenia	1–0	1–0	2024 Pinatar Cup
9.	9 April 2024	Bolt Arena, Helsinki, Finland	Italy	1–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
10.	4 June 2024	Tammelan Stadion, Tampere, Finland	Netherlands	1–1	1–1

Honours

HJK

• Naisten Liiga: 2019
• Finnish Women's Cup: 2019

Individual

• Leicester City Player of the Season: 2023–24
• Women's FA Cup: Team of the Season 2023–24
• Football Association of Finland: Finnish Footballer of the Year 2024