Rebekah Ashley Stott (born 17 June 1993) is a New Zealand

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who plays for

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in the English

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. She is a defender for the New Zealand women's national football team. She previously played for Australian W-League teams

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and Melbourne City as well as German

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team

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and the

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in the NWSL and

in the

Club career

After previously playing for

and

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. On 17 January 2017 Stott signed with the

in the National Women's Soccer League. She made 22 appearances for the Reign in 2017. On 11 January 2018 she was traded along with teammate Katie Johnson to

. Due to injury Stott only made 9 appearances for Sky Blue. After the

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concluded, Stott signed with Avaldsnes IL in the

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. On 20 November 2019, Stott signed with Melbourne City. On 2 September 2020, Stott signed a one-year deal with

who play in the

however she returned to Australia in February 2021 for medical treatment, cutting her stint short. After four months of treatment, Stott got back on the field, playing a few minutes for

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in the Australian

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. In August 2021, Stott returned to the W-League, re-joining Melbourne City.

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

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as a substitute in a 3–1 win over China on 17 June 2012, her 19th birthday. 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. Stott did play in all of New Zealand's games of the 2013 Valais Cup competition including a historic 1–0 win over

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and the 4–0 victory over

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in the final. She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

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

Personal life

On 4 March 2021, Stott revealed on Twitter that she was diagnosed with Stage 3

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while she was in quarantine after returning to New Zealand. The illness cut her time at

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

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. On 23 July, Stott announced on her personal website that her cancer was now in remission.

Career statistics

International goals

''Updated 28 June 2020''

Honours

Club

;

* W-League Championship:

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;

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(south): 2013–14 ; Melbourne City * W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 * W-League Premiership: 2015–16, 2019–20

Country

; Australia * AFF U-16 Women's Championship: 2009 ;

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Individual

* IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 * W-League Team of the Season

References

External links

*
Seattle Reign FC player profile

Profile
at NZF *
Rebekah Stott personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stott, Rebekah 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 (A-League Women) players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players A-League Women players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople 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 Australian people of New Zealand descent 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 expatriate sportspeople in Norway Avaldsnes IL players Toppserien players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England SC Sand players New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers