Krystal Scott (born 17 October 1994) is a former

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFLW). She was also listed for two years with

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, but didn't make an appearance.

Early life

Scott was born in

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and moved to the Gold Coast at seven years of age where she began pursuing a career in tennis as a teenager. She attended King's Christian College throughout her upbringing and relocated to

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in the United States in 2014 when she accepted a tennis scholarship to attend

Norfolk State University Norfolk State University (NSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnersh ...

. Following her two seasons with NSU, she returned to the Gold Coast and was inspired to try

for the first time at 22 years of age after seeing the success of the inaugural AFLW season. She signed up to play for

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in the QWFA Division 1 and helped lead Bond to the first women's premiership in club history, which would lead to her and teammate

Molly Ritson Molly Ritson (born 12 August 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane and Gold Coast in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Early life Ritson grew up on the Gold Coast and attended Aquinas College throughout her upbri ...

being rookie drafted by the

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at the 2017 AFLW draft.

AFL Women's career

Brisbane

Scott spent two years on Brisbane's list before being delisted in 2019 without making her AFLW debut.

Gold Coast

Scott was drafted by her hometown team, the

, as a mature-age signing in the 2022 AFLW draft. She made her AFLW debut in round 10 of

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. In December 2022, Scott announced her retirement from football after making a single appearance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Krystal 1994 births Living people Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland Gold Coast Football Club (AFLW) players