Name: Kirsty Howat
Nationality: Scotland
Date of Birth: May 19, 1997
Position: Attacker
Current club: Crystal Palace
WSL 2 clubs played for: Crystal Palace

Kirsty Howat is an attacker at Crystal Palace who has featured in every one of the side's 22 WSL 2 matches in 2025/2026 and played 1,590 minutes, starting in 20 of these and entering as a substitute on two occasions.

Howat last appeared in the competition on May 2 for Crystal Palace versus Portsmouth. She scored in that game for her side in their 6-1 victory. The attacker has netted eight WSL 2 goals this campaign, which is tied for the fourth most by a player in the competition in 2025/2026, whilst she also ranks joint sixth for WSL 2 assists this campaign having created four goals for her team-mates. She has amassed three yellow cards.

A first league goal of the campaign for Howat came against Nottingham Forest in a 2-1 victory on September 21.

Howat played 32 SWPL 1 games last season for Rangers, scored 14 goals and provided eight assists.

Before moving to Crystal Palace in September 2025, Howat made 88 league appearances in total at Rangers, scoring 55 goals and providing 21 assists.