Yannick Cotter

Yannick Cotter (born 3 January 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Italian club Juventus.

Yannick Cotter
Personal information
Full name Yannick Cotter
Date of birth (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002
Place of birth Sion, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Juventus U23
Youth career
Sion
2020– Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Sion U21 7 (1)
2019–2020 Sion 2 (0)
2020– Juventus 0 (0)
2020 → Sion (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2016–2017 Switzerland U-15 7 (5)
2017–2018 Switzerland U-16 8 (1)
2018–2019 Switzerland U-17 10 (1)
2019 Switzerland U-19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:51, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Sion

Cotter is a product of FC Sion. In the 2018-19 season, Cotter scored 11 goals in 26 for the U18's. Already at the age of 17, Cotter was playing with the U-21 team of FC Sion in the Swiss Promotion League. In the beginning of December 2019, 17-year old Cotter began training with the first team of Sion.[2]

He made his official and professional debut on 8 December 2019 against FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.[3] Cotter started on the bench, but replaced Seydou Doumbia in the 59th minute. He also came on from the bench in the following league game against Neuchâtel Xamax.

Juventus

In the beginning of January 2020, Cotter was officially sold to Italian giants Juventus.[4] Cotter reportedly signed a deal until June 2024 and was sold for a fee around 4,9 million euros. However, he would remain at FC Sion on loan for the rest of the season.[5] But due to the suspension of all football in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic, he made no official appearances for the club during the loan spell.

Returning to Juventus in July 2020, Cotter was registered for the clubs U-19 team for the 2020-21 season. He played 171 minutes, spread over 12 league games, and scored two goals. During a training session in June 2021, Cotter suffered a anterior cruciate ligament injury, which would keep him out for about eight months.[6]

References
  1. Yannick Cotter at WorldFootball.net
  2. Yannick Cotter convoqué pour la première fois avec la première équipe, fcsion.ch, 7 December 2019
  3. BASEL VS. SION 4 - 0, soccerway.com, 8 December 2019
  4. Yannick Cotter è un giocatore della Juventus, twitter.com, 10 January 2020
  5. Yannick Cotter offiziell zu Juventus, fcsion.ch
  6. LE CONDIZIONI DI YANNICK COTTER, juventus.com, 15 June 2021
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