Yannick Cotter

Yannick Cotter (born 3 January 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Swiss Promotion League side FC Paradiso.

Yannick Cotter

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Sion, Switzerland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Paradiso
Number	70
Youth career
0000–2019	Sion
2020–2021	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Sion	2	(0)
2020–2023	Juventus Next Gen	0	(0)
2020	→ Sion (loan)	0	(0)
2023–2024	Yverdon-Sport	0	(0)
2023–2024	Yverdon-Sport II	8	(1)
2024–	Paradiso	6	(0)
International career
2016–2017	Switzerland U15	7	(5)
2017–2018	Switzerland U16	8	(1)
2018–2019	Switzerland U17	10	(1)
2019	Switzerland U19	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Sion

Cotter is a product of Sion. In the 2018–19 season, Cotter scored 11 goals in 26 for the under-18s.^{[citation needed]} Aged 17, Cotter played with the Sion U21 in the Swiss Promotion League.^[2] In the beginning of December 2019, 17-year old Cotter began training with the first team.^[2]

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

Juventus

In the beginning of January 2020, Cotter was officially sold to Italian side Juventus.^[4] Cotter reportedly signed a deal until June 2024, and was sold for a fee of around €4,9 million. He remained at Sion on loan for the rest of the season.^[5] However, due to the suspension of football in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic, he made no official appearances for the club in his loan spell.^{[citation needed]}

Having returned to Juventus in July 2020, Cotter was registered to the club's under-19 team for the 2020–21 season.^{[citation needed]} He played 171 minutes, spread over 12 league games, and scored two goals in the Campionato Primavera 1.^{[citation needed]} During a training session in June 2021, Cotter suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which kept him out for about eight months.^[6] He returned to train with Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – in April 2022.^[7]

Yverdon-Sport

On 22 August 2023, Cotter signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.^[8]

Before his departure a year later, Cotter only managed to play 8 games for the club's reserve team and no games for the first team.

FC Paradiso

In August 2024, it was confirmed that Cotter switched to the Swiss Promotion League side FC Paradiso.^[9]

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