Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)
Alexandra Virina Scott MBE (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit, and former professional footballer who mostly played as a right-back for Arsenal in the FA WSL. She made 140 appearances for the England national team and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Scott in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alexandra Virina Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1999 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Birmingham City | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Arsenal | 72 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Boston Breakers | 55 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Arsenal | 76 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 218 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2017 | England | 140 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Great Britain | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
In 2019, Scott was inducted to the English Football Hall of Fame. As of 2019, Scott is a pundit for BBC Sport and Sky Sports and was featured during the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She also covers the English Premier League.
In October 2023, she won The Sport Award in the 2023 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards.