JoJo Cotto

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.

JoJo Cotto
Personal information
Full name Josephine Lara Cotto
Date of birth (2000-01-15) 15 January 2000
Place of birth Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Penn Quakers 6 (0)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Puerto Rico U-17 1 (1)
2015 Puerto Rico U-20 3 (0)
2021– Puerto Rico 3 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2021

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 Puerto Rico U-17 team and Puerto Rico U-20 team 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Jusino, Edwin (13 October 2015). "Todo listo para jugarse la clasificación la Sub20 femenina". Fútbol Boricua (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. "JOJO COTTO". pennathletics.com. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. "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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