Rebekah Stott signs with Melbourne City after overcoming cancer
Former Brighton & Hove Albion player Stott said in March she would need to go through four months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with the condition.
Published : Aug 19, 2021 13:37 IST
New Zealand defender Rebekah Stott will return to W-League club Melbourne City this season after battling stage 3 Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, the club said on Thursday.
Former Brighton & Hove Albion player Stott said in March she would need to go through four months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with the condition.
Melbourne City said the 28-year-old is now in complete remission after undergoing treatment in Australia.
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Stott trained with semi-professional club Bulleen Lions last month before deciding to rejoin Melbourne City, where she won four Championships and two Premiership titles from 2015-2020.
"It's an incredible feeling for me to have football back, and I definitely didn't realise how much I'd missed it until I got back on the pitch," Stott said in a club statement.
Stott represented Australia at the youth level before switching allegiance to New Zealand, her country of birth. She has earned 81 caps for the 'Football Ferns'.