Kirsty Elizabeth Howat (born 19 May 1997) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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, and for the Scotland national team.

Career

Howat started her career with youth teams Lochar Thistle, Dumfries and

before debuting with the latter in the

in 2014. The following year she joined

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where she spent two seasons. On 18 January 2018 she moved to rivals and reigning champions Glasgow City, winning her first SWPL title and also making her debut in the

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. She left the club with two league titles and one

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medal. In December 2020, Howat returned to Rangers on a pre-contract arrangement agreed six months earlier; her teammate

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made the same switch, soon followed by Rachel McLauchlan while

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had made the move across the city some months previously. In her first full season back with the ''Gers'', 2021–22, Howat was part of the squad that won the SWPL for the first time in club history; in the second season they won the

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for the first time (she was among the scorers in the final), and in the third season they retained the SWPL Cup and won their first Scottish Cup, also narrowly missing out on the league title in both years.

International career

Howat was called up to the Scotland national under-16 team for a friendly tournament in Portugal, where she made appearances in games against Portugal, Netherlands and Austria, scoring her first goal in the match against Austria. A few months later she was drafted into the under-17 team by coach

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for two friendly games against Wales, scoring on her debut. Howat was a member of the squad that contested the qualifiers for the 2014 European Championship in England; these games were played before the end of 2013 to serve as qualification for the Costa Rica World Cup which was scheduled for spring 2014. She was then named in the squad for the 2013 European Championship and played in all three matches: Scotland lost against France 1–0 and Germany 4–2, and drew in the final game against Spain. In 2014 she was named in the under-19 team and played in the 2014 European Championship; Howat featured in two of the three matches, a 2–0 victory against Belgium and 3–2 defeat against Netherlands, missing the 5–0 loss to Norway. She also played in the

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and

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European Championship qualification games. Howat was added to the full

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squad for the first time in September 2023, as a replacement for the injured

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. She was an unused substitute on several occasions before making her debut from the bench against

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fixture in

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on 13 July 2024.

Honours

Club

Glasgow City *

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Rangers * Scottish Women's Premier League: 2021–22 *Scottish Women's Cup: 2023–24 *

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, 2023–24

References

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