Ryan Mahuta (born 7 July 2002) is a Finnish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side

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Early life

Mahuta was born in

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

, Finland, to a

South Sudanese South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the communi ...

mother and a father from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

(DRC). He has dual citizenship of DRC and Finland.

Career

Mahuta started playing football in Turun Nappulaliiga youth league at the age of seven, continuing in the youth sector of

Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional association football, football club based in Turku, Finland. Since 2024, the men's team competes in Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier. Nicknamed "''Tepsi''", the club was founded i ...

(TPS). After spending two seasons in

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with a rival club

Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded i ...

, Mahuta left

after the 2022 season. On 20 January 2023, he signed a one-year contract with

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, with an option to extend for 2024. After the season, Haka exercised their option and Mahuta's contract was extended until the end of 2024. On 23 December 2024, Mahuta was announced as a new

player in

, starting in January 2025.

International career

In March 2023, Mahuta received a call up to South Sudan national team, but declined, and announced his interest to represent either Finland or DRC.

Career statistics

Club

Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
Finnish FA/Palloliitto ;Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahuta, Ryan 2002 births Living people Footballers from Turku Finnish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Finnish people of South Sudanese descent Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football defenders Turun Palloseura footballers FC Haka players FC Inter Turku players FK Pardubice players Kolmonen players Veikkausliiga players Czech First League players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic