Full name Alexandra Virina Scott 1992–1999 Arsenal Weight 59 kg Name Alex Scott Parents Carol McKee | Playing position Date joined 2012 Number 2 Height 1.63 m | |
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Current team Arsenal L.F.C. (#2 / Defender) Date of birth (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 35) Similar Kelly Smith , Leah Williamson , Fara Williams Profiles | ||
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Alexandra Virina Scott, MBE (born 14 October 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for Arsenal in the FA WSL. Scott made 140 appearances for the English national team and also represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics.
Contents
- Alex scott visits football project in iraq
- Women s football is on the rise alex scott arsenal ladies
- Start in England
- The move to the United States
- Back to England
- England
- Great Britain Olympic
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- References
At club level Scott has had three separate spells with Arsenal, punctuated with a season at Birmingham City in 2004–05 and three years in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with Boston Breakers. She scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final.
Women s football is on the rise alex scott arsenal ladies
Start in England
Scott signed on with Arsenal in 1992, at the age of eight. After breaking into the first team as a striker or right winger, she was later converted to full-back. Scott remained with Arsenal until the 2004–05 season, before which she moved to Birmingham City. With the addition of Scott, the club finished fourth in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. However, due to Birmingham's financial difficulties, she returned to Arsenal for the 2005–06 season.
Upon rejoining Arsenal, Scott helped the club to a domestic double of the FA Women's Premier League and FA Women's Cup. She was also a key figure in Arsenal's historic "Quadruple" season in which they won all of their trophy competitions, including the 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup. Arsenal were the first ever British side to win the competition, with Scott scoring the only goal in the two-legged tie with Umeå IK. She appeared in 22 Premier League games, scoring two goals. In all competitions, she made 40 appearances and scored four.
The 2007–08 season saw Scott appear in 21 games, scoring once. In all competitions, she made 35 appearances, scoring three goals. In 2008–09 Scott scored once in 13 games. In all competitions, she made 24 appearances, adding two goals.
The move to the United States
Upon the creation of a new women's league in the United States, Women's Professional Soccer, it was announced on 25 September 2008 that her WPS playing rights had been assigned to Chicago Red Stars, whose head coach was former Arsenal assistant Emma Hayes. Her rights were traded on 15 January 2009 to Boston Breakers and it was announced on 6 February 2009 that she would be leaving Arsenal to join up with her new team.
In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Scott played in 17 games (all starts, 1446 total minutes) for the Breakers. She scored one goal and added one assist. In 2010, Scott featured in 21 games (all starts, 1,890 total minutes) and registered two assists. She started 14 of her 15 matches (playing 1,249 minutes) in 2011. In December 2011, Scott returned to Arsenal on loan for the duration of a three-match pre-season tour of Japan.
Back to England
When the WPS collapsed ahead of the 2012 campaign, Scott embarked on a third spell at Arsenal. She was joined by Boston team mate Kelly Smith. Scott was named captain for the 2014–2015 season. She did not take part in the 2015 Continental Cup final where Arsenal Ladies beat Notts County to the Cup. In the following season, Scott helped take Arsenal to the final of the 2016 FA Cup vs Chelsea which the Gunners won by one goal to nil.
England
Scott competed at the U19 and U21 levels for England, including at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada.
Scott made her full debut against the Netherlands on 18 September 2004. She played in the 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She won silver at the 2009 UEFA Women's Euros and bronze at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
In November 2014, Scott headed powerfully past her own goalkeeper to give Germany the lead in England's crushing 3–0 defeat at Wembley Stadium.
On 2 September 2017, Scott retired from international football. She ended as the second most capped England player with 140 appearances.
Great Britain Olympic
In June 2012, Scott was named in the 18-player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
Personal life
In 2011 Scott started 'The Alex Scott Academy' in partnership with Kingston College and Puma, for female footballers aged 16–19 years. This represented the first such academy in the UK and was intended to highlight the growth of the women’s game. Scott also writes a weekly women's football column in the Morning Star newspaper.
In 2016, Alex Scott was featured in Bear Grylls' TV show, Mission Survive where she won.
Scott is of Jamaican and Irish descent.