Alex Scott 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.
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.[3][4] She also covers the English Premier League.
Who is Alex Scott?
Alex Scott aka Alexandra Virina Scott was born on 14 October 1984 in Poplar, East London, to a British mother with Northern Irish, English and Lithuanian-Jewish heritage and a Jamaican father.
During the filming of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? in 2021, she discovered that her maternal great-grandfather was Jewish and opposed fascism in East London, and that her four times great-grandfather was a black man who owned twenty-six slaves.
Scott attended Langdon Park School which has been granted Sports College status.
In 2022, Scott revealed in her autobiography that she had been a victim of domestic abuse from her father during her childhood; she pledged that all proceeds from her book would go to help women affected by similar abuse.
Alex Scott husband: Is Alex Scott married ?
As of 2023 the former football star is not married. Kelly Smith was once Alex Scott’s partner, but the two parted ways in 2013.
Kelly, who is six years Alex’s senior, met when they both played for Arsenal in 2005.
In 2009 they moved to America where they both signed with the Boston Breakers before they moved back to the UK three years later to join the Women’s GB football team at the Olympics in London.
It is unknown how long they were together, but Kelly is now married and has two children with management consultant DeAnna Dobosz.
Alex Scott children: Does she have children?
Alex does not have any children.
Is Alex Scott in a relationship?
As of February 2023, Alex is single. She had a conversation on The One Show, revealing: “I know I’m single – don’t!” She, however, said she is “ready” to find love after engaging in “unhealthy relationships”.
She said: I’ve been single for a while now, and I think that’s because I needed to be. There were patterns in my relationships that I knew were unhealthy. The TV star revealed that she is ready to be vulnerable and open herself up again.
Alex Scott dating history: Who has Alex Scott dated?
Alex has also been linked to Corrie actor Sam Robertson a couple of years ago.
The pair were seen enjoying a cosy evening together at a restaurant.
Alex and Sam apparently had a “brilliant time” after being spotted enjoying a “cosy candlelit meal” together in Soho restaurant, Dead Street Townhouse.
However, on The One Show in February 2022, during a conversation about a dating show, Alex admitted: “I know I’m single – don’t!”
Alex also denied a relationship with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Neil Jones in 2019.
Neil, who split from wife Katya, said: “There’s nothing on our minds but the show – we don’t have time to think about anything else.”
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