Rebekah Stott
Rebekah Stott with Melbourne Victory in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rebekah Ashley Stott[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 June 1993||
Place of birth | Papamoa, New Zealand[2] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Melbourne City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Brisbane Roar | 0 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | (1) |
2013–2015 | SC Sand | 44 | (11) |
2015–2017 | Melbourne City | 27 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Seattle Reign FC | 22 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 33 | (1) |
2018 | Sky Blue FC | 9 | (0) |
2019 | Avaldsnes IL | 22 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Melbourne City | 7 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | (0) |
2021 | Bulleen Lions | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Melbourne City | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Australia U-17 | 12 | (4) |
Australia U-20 | |||
2012– | New Zealand | 71[3] | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 April 2019 |
Rebekah Ashley Stott (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for the Melbourne City in the Australian W-League. She is a defender for the New Zealand women's national football team.[4][5] She previously played for Australian W-League teams Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City[6] as well as German Bundesliga team SC Sand, Sky Blue FC and the Seattle Reign in the NWSL and Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Women's Super League.
Club career[]
After previously playing for Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in the W-League, Stott joined Melbourne City for their inaugural season in 2015. She has played three seasons with Melbourne City winning three straight Championships.[7]
On 17 January 2017 Stott signed with the Seattle Reign in the National Women's Soccer League.[8] She made 22 appearances for the Reign in 2017.[9]
On 11 January 2018 she was traded along with teammate Katie Johnson to Sky Blue FC.[10] Due to injury Stott only made 9 appearances for Sky Blue.[9]
After the 2018 NWSL season concluded, Stott signed with Avaldsnes IL in the Toppserien.[11]
On 20 November 2019, Stott signed with Melbourne City.[12]
On 2 September 2020, Stott signed a one year deal with Brighton & Hove Albion who play in the FA Women's Super League[13] however she returned to Australia in February 2021 for medical treatment, cutting her stint short.[14] After four months of treatment, Stott got back on the field, playing a few minutes for Bulleen Lions in the Australian National Premier Leagues.[15]
In August 2021, Stott returned to the W-League, re-joining Melbourne City.[16]
International career[]
Having represented Australia at the U-17 and U-20 age group level, Stott chose to represent the country of her birth at senior level, making her senior début for New Zealand as a substitute in a 3–1 win over China on 17 June 2012, her 19th birthday.[17][13]
In July 2012, Stott was named to the New Zealand squad for the London Olympics but did not play in any of the tournament games.[18] Stott did play in all of New Zealand's games of the 2013 Valais Cup competition including a historic 1–0 win over Brazil and the 4–0 victory over People's Republic of China in the final.
She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[19]
Stott was named to New Zealand's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, she played every minute of their three games.[20]
Personal life[]
On March 4, 2021, Stott revealed on Twitter that she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma while she was in quarantine after returning to New Zealand.[21] The illness cut her time at Brighton & Hove Albion short, and she ended up losing all her hair. She is documenting her journey on a second Instagram account, and hopes to recover in time for when her country of New Zealand cohosts the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[22] On the 23 July, Stott announced on her personal website that her cancer was now in remission.[23]
Career statistics[]
International goals[]
Updated 28 June 2020[24]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 27 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
2 | 29 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | Cook Islands | 8–0 | 11–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
3 | 15 June 2015 | IG Field, Winnipeg, Canada | China PR | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
4 | 23 January 2016 | , Lae, Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2016 Olympic qualifying |
Honours[]
Club[]
- W-League Championship: 2010–11
- SC Sand
- 2. Bundesliga (south): 2013–14
- Melbourne City
Country[]
Individual[]
- IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[25]
- W-League Team of the Season[26]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFAdata.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Profile Archived 18 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
- ^ "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Rebekah Stott". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Player profile – Rebekah Stott". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Melbourne City FC Signs Amy Jackson". Melbourne City. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Reign FC Sign Rebekah Stott". Reign FC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2018 – via Medium.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "R.Stott". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Sky Blue FC acquires Rebekah Stott and Katie Johnson from Seattle Reign FC". Sky Blue FC. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Ferns pair sign deals in Norway". New Zealand Football. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Melbourne City FC welcomes back Aivi Luik and Rebekah Stott". Melbourne City FC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Howard, Derren (2 September 2020). "'Top class' New Zealand international defender signs for Brighton". www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion Women's Rebekah Stott returns to Australia". SheKicks. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (14 July 2021). "Football Fern Rebekah Stott returns to field for first time after cancer diagnosis". Stuff. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Rebekah Stott re-joins the Melbourne City FC W-League squad". Melbourne City. 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Squad of 18 women's footballers selected for Team GB". SheKicks. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Rebekah Stott". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Ed (3 March 2021). "NZ star Stott reveals cancer diagnosis". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Rebekah Stott". Twitter. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "The blog post I've been waiting to write". beat it. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "A Internationals". UltimateNZSoccer.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.
- ^ Ross, Julius (26 March 2020). "Champions City dominate PFA's LUCRF Super W-League Team of the Season". Professional Footballers Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
External links[]
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- Rebekah Stott – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Seattle Reign FC player profile
- Profile at NZF
- Rebekah Stott at Soccerway
- Rebekah Stott personal website
- 1993 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic association footballers of New Zealand
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
- Brisbane Roar FC (W-League) players
- Melbourne Victory FC (W-League) players
- Melbourne City FC (W-League) players
- W-League (Australia) players
- New Zealand expatriates in Germany
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Sportspeople from Tauranga
- Women's association football defenders
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Australian women's soccer players
- OL Reign players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- NJ/NY Gotham FC players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- New Zealand expatriates in Norway
- Avaldsnes IL players
- Toppserien players