Alex Scott (soccer player)
| Alex Scott | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Alexandra Virina Scott | |
| birthday | October 14, 1984 | |
| place of birth | London , England | |
| position | Defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Arsenal LFC | ||
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -2004 | Arsenal LFC | |
| 2004-2005 | Birmingham City | |
| 2005-2009 | Arsenal LFC | |
| 2009-2011 | Boston Breakers | 53 (1) |
| 2012-2018 | Arsenal LFC | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2004-2017 | England | 140 (12) |
| 2012 | Great Britain | 5 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Alexandra Virina "Alex" Scott (born October 14, 1984 ) is a former English soccer player . The defender played in the English national team from 2004 to 2017 .
Career
society
Scott began her career at Arsenal LFC. In 2004 she moved to Birmingham City for one season . In the same year she made her debut in the English national team on September 18, 2004 in a 2-1 win against the Netherlands . After Birmingham City ran into financial difficulties, Scott returned to Arsenal, where she continues to play today. With Arsenal, Scott was four times champion, twice cup winners, once league cup winners and twice winners of the Charity Shield. Her greatest sporting success so far was winning the UEFA Women's Cup . In the first leg of the final at Umeå IK Scott scored the 1-0 winning goal in stoppage time. After the goalless draw in the second leg, the triumph was perfect.
After founding Women's Professional Soccer in the United States in 2008, the Chicago Red Stars acquired the rights to sign Alex Scott. Its trainer was former Arsenal assistant trainer Emma Hayes. On January 15, 2009, the rights were given to the Boston Breakers and Scott then moved to the United States in February. During the WPS season she was on the pitch 17 times and scored one goal. After being active there until 2011, she moved back to Arsenal in 2012 and was active there until 2018. She played her last competitive game against Manchester City WFC on May 12, 2018; the game ended in a 2-1 victory for the Londoners. After the end of her career, she worked as a commentator and expert on the 2018 World Cup for BBC Sport .
National team
With the national team, she took part in the European Championship finals in 2005 and 2009 and the 2007 World Cup in the People's Republic of China . She was also nominated for the 2011 World Cup and played in all four English team games. In the second World Cup game against New Zealand , she struck the cross that led to the interim 1: 1 equalization by Jill Scott . With her four appearances at the World Cup in Germany, she and four other players have now played the most World Cup games for England's women with eight World Cup appearances.
In 2012 she was part of Team GB , which participated in the Olympic Games in London . She had her first use in the friendly against Sweden on July 19. At the Olympic Games was used in all four games, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Canada.
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On March 13, 2013, she made her 100th international match in the final of the Cyprus Cup against Canada . On July 15, 2013, she made her 100th game for England in the European Championship group game against Russia and on this occasion led the team onto the field as captain. She was also used in the final group game against France, but was eliminated with her team after the preliminary round.
In 2015 she won the Cyprus Cup with England for the third time , and she was used in all three finals. She was also named to the English squad for the World Cup in Canada. In the group stage they were used in all three games, in the knockout round only in the semi-finals, which were lost 1: 2 to defending champions Japan . In the game for third place, in which she was again not used, her team managed to win against Germany for the first time . England was able to win a World Cup medal for the first time after the men's World Cup title in 1966. Scott was also nominated for the 2017 European Championship finals . There she was only used in the third group match against Portugal when national coach Mark Sampson set up the reserve players. On September 2, 2017, she announced her resignation from the national team. At the time of her resignation, she had played the second most internationals for England with 140 internationals. She also played five games for team GB.
successes
- UEFA Women's Cup : 2006
- English champion: 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006
- English Cup Winner: 2001, 2004, 2006
- English league cup winner: 2001, 2005
- Charity Shield Winner: 2001, 2006
- Cyprus Cup winner 2009, 2013, 2015
- World Cup third in 2015
Awards
- Appointment to the team of the tournament at the 2011 World Cup
Web links
- Biography on the homepage of the English Association
- Alex Scott in the database of FIFA (English)
- Profile on the Arsenal website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arsenal Women - Manchester City Women (2: 1) (English), accessed July 9, 2018
- ↑ FIFA World Cup 2018 - 24/7 World Cup action across TV, radio and digital , accessed on July 9, 2018
- ↑ Hope Powell names World Cup squad. (No longer available online.) In: broughtongirlsfooty.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015 ; accessed on February 8, 2015 .
- ↑ FIFA.com: England succeed in liberation. Accessed 8 February 2015.
- ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Jakobsson på topp mot Stor Great Britain. Accessed February 8, 2015 (Swedish).
- ↑ uefa.com: "Duggan gives England hope". Accessed February 8, 2015.
- ↑ bbc.com: "Alex Scott: England defender retires from international football"
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scott, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott, Alexandra Virina (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |