Naatan Skyttä

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
Place of birth Ylöjärvi, Finland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dunkerque
Number 22
Youth career
Ilves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Ilves 29 (9)
2018 → HJS (loan) 1 (1)
2021–2024 Toulouse 24 (0)
2022 → Viking (loan) 10 (0)
2023 → OB (loan) 8 (2)
2024– Dunkerque 30 (7)
International career‡
2018–2019 Finland U17 12 (4)
2019 Finland U19 2 (0)
2020–2025 Finland U21 29 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2025

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

Club career

Ilves

A product of the Ilves youth academy, Skyttä signed his first professional contract with Ilves first team in 2018. He debuted in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga with Ilves first team in the 2018 season.

Toulouse

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]

Dunkerque

Skyttä signed with French Ligue 2 club USL Dunkerque on 28 August 2024 on a deal until 30 June 2026 for an undisclosed fee.[14][15] Two days later, he debuted with his new club in Ligue 2, as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against Rodez. He was named the player of the month of his team in September.[16] He repeated as his team's player of the month in October, after starting the season scoring four goals and providing three assists in the Ligue 2, an also in March 2025.[17] During his first season with Dunkerque, Skyttä made 30 appearances in Ligue 2, scoring seven goals and providing four assists, as the team finished 4th in the table and reached the promotion play-offs, as a lower-budget team. They also advanced to the 2024–25 Coupe de France semi-finals against PSG.[18]

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.

On 15 October 2024, in the last match of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Montenegro, Skyttä scored a brace and helped Finland to 2–1 victory and thus securing the spot to the qualification play-offs, after Finland finished 2nd in the Group E.[19] Finland eventually qualified for the final tournament after defeating Norway in the play-offs. Skyttä also scored a goal for Finland in the tournament's last group stage match against Denmark, helping his side to get a 2–2 draw.

Career statistics

As of 18 May 2025[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 8 0 2 2 2[b] 0 1[c] 0 13 2
2024–25 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 24 0 9 3 2 0 1 0 36 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
Dunkerque 2024–25 Ligue 2 30 7 4 1 — 2[d] 0 36 8
Career total 115 23 18 4 3 0 3 0 139 27
  1. ^ Includes Finnish Cup, Coupe de France and Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in French Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 promotion play-offs

Honours

Ilves

Toulouse

Individual

References

  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 milieu Naatan Skyttä arrive en provenance du Téfécé !" (in French). USL Dunkerque. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  15. ^ Pikkuhuuhkajien Naatan Skyttä siirtyy Toulousesta Ranskan divariseuraan, Yle, 28 August 2024
  16. ^ NAATAN SKYTTÄ ÉLU JOUEUR DU MOIS DE SEPTEMBRE PAR DVN ASSOCIÉS !, usldunkerque.com, 3 October 2024
  17. ^ a b Naatan Skyttä sai kunnianosoituksen Ranskassa, suomifutis.com, 3 April 2025
  18. ^ Naatan Skytän aprillipäivä oli ikimuistoinen – PSG joutui jo köysiin yli 45 000 katsojan edessä, Aamulehti, 4 April 2025
  19. ^ Naatan Skyttä johdatti Pikkuhuuhkajat jatkokarsintaan, Yle, 15 October 2024
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "Toulouse win their first major trophy". guardian.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Pallo-Koplan Veikkausliigan tähdistöjoukkue on valittu". veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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