Rebekah Stott

Not to be confused with Rebecca Stott.

Rebekah Stott
Stott with Melbourne Victory in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rebekah Ashley Stott[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Papamoa, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 13
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)
2021–2022 Melbourne City 13 (0)
2022 Bulleen Lions 8 (0)
2022–2023 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 (0)
2023– Melbourne City 27 (1)
International career‡
2008–2009 Australia U-17 12 (4)
Australia U-20
2012– New Zealand 100[3] (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024

Rebekah Ashley Stott (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Australian A-League Women club Melbourne City and the New Zealand women's national 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 of 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 4 March 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 documented her journey on a second Instagram account and stated that she hoped to recover in time for when her country of New Zealand cohosts the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[22] On 23 July 2021, Stott announced on her personal website that her cancer was now in remission,[23] and on 30 June 2023, she was named in New Zealand’s squad for the tournament.

Career statistics

International goals

Updated 28 June 2020[24]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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 1–0 2–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
4 23 January 2016 PNGFA Academy, Lae, Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea 2–0 7–1 2016 Olympic qualifying

Honours

Brisbane Roar

SC Sand

Melbourne City

Australia U16

New Zealand

Individual

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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  6. ^ "Player profile – Rebekah Stott". Melbourne Victory. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
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  8. ^ "Reign FC Sign Rebekah Stott". Reign FC. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2018 – via Medium.
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  10. ^ "Sky Blue FC acquires Rebekah Stott and Katie Johnson from Seattle Reign FC". Sky Blue FC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Ferns pair sign deals in Norway". New Zealand Football. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Melbourne City FC welcomes back Aivi Luik and Rebekah Stott". Melbourne City FC. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  13. ^ a b Howard, Derren (2 September 2020). "'Top class' New Zealand international defender signs for Brighton". www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Brighton & Hove Albion Women's Rebekah Stott returns to Australia". SheKicks. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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  20. ^ "Rebekah Stott". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  21. ^ Jackson, Ed (3 March 2021). "NZ star Stott reveals cancer diagnosis". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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