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
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

Early life and college

Cotto attended Menlo-Atherton High School with whom she won the Central Coast Section Division I championship in 2016. She scored the winning goal in the final match. [1]

In the 2017 Northern California State Cup Finals, Cotto tore her anterior crucial ligament for the first time. Two games into her freshman year at University of Pennsylvania, she tore her ACL for the second time 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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