Rebekah Stott

Rebekah Ashley Stott (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for 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 and Sky Blue FC and the Seattle Reign in the NWSL.

Not to be confused with Rebecca Stott.

Rebekah Stott
Rebekah Stott with Melbourne Victory in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rebekah Ashley Stott[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993[1]
Place of birth Papamoa, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing 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– Melbourne City 7 (1)
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 21 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 April 2019

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.[11]

After the 2018 NWSL season concluded, Stott signed with Avaldsnes IL in the Toppserien.[12]

On 20 November 2019, Stott signed with Melbourne City.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

Stott was named to New Zealand's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, she played every minute of their three games.[17]

Honours

Club
SC Sand
  • 2. Bundesliga (south): 2013–14
Melbourne City

Country
Australia
New Zealand

References
  1. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. Profile Archived 18 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
  3. "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
  4. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. "Rebekah Stott". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  6. "Player profile – Rebekah Stott". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  7. "Melbourne City FC Signs Amy Jackson". 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  8. "Reign FC Sign Rebekah Stott". 17 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  9. "R.Stott". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  10. "SKY BLUE FC ACQUIRES REBEKAH STOTT AND KATIE JOHNSON FROM SEATTLE REIGN FC". 11 January 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. "R.STOTT". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  12. "Ferns pair sign deals in Norway". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  13. "Melbourne City FC welcomes back Aivi Luik and Rebekah Stott". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  14. "Football Ferns -Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  15. "Squad of 18 women's footballers selected for Team GB". She Kicks. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  16. "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  17. "Rebekah Stott". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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