JoJo Cotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josephine Lara Cotto | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Menlo Park, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Penn Quakers | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Penn Quakers | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Puerto Rico U-17 | 2 | (1) |
| 2015 | Puerto Rico U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Puerto Rico | 3 | (1) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2021 | |||
Josephine Lara Cotto (born 15 January 2000) is a Puerto Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Puerto Rico women's national team.
Early life and college[]
Cotto attended Menlo-Atherton High School with whom she won the Central Coast Section Division I championship in 2016.[1]
Two games into her freshman year at University of Pennsylvania, Cotto tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a team practice which sidelined her for over a year.[2]
International career[]
In the fall of 2015, Cotto represented both the and in their respective Caribbean Zone qualifiers for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[3][4][5]
In June 2021, Cotto made her senior debut for the Puerto Rican women's national football team in a 5–1 friendly loss to Uruguay.[6] On 21 October 2021, Cotto scored her first goal for Puerto Rico, opening the scoring in a 6–1 friendly victory over Guyana.[7]
References[]
- ^ Mazeika, Vytas (8 March 2016). "CCS girls soccer: Historic comeback turns M-A into champions for first time". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Simoes, Mariana (13 November 2019). "After lengthy recovery, Jojo Cotto's comeback to Penn women's soccer is complete". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Jusino, Edwin (13 October 2015). "Todo listo para jugarse la clasificación la Sub20 femenina". Fútbol Boricua (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Jusino, Edwin (18 November 2015). "Puerto Rico U17 se despide ganando en las clasificatorias de la CFU". Fútbol Boricua (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "JOJO COTTO". pennathletics.com. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Andino, Jessica Rosa (12 June 2021). "URUGUAY DERROTA, 5-1, A PUERTO RICO EN EL ESTADIO CENTENARIO". Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Lady Jags go down 1-6 to Puerto Rico in warm-up encounter". Stabroek News. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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- 2000 births
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- Puerto Rico women's international footballers
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