| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Sion, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Yverdon-Sport | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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– | Yverdon-Sport | 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, correct as of 19:07, 30 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Yannick Cotter (born 3 January 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Yverdon-Sport.
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]
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]
On 22 August 2023, Cotter signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.[8]