| Yannick Cotter | |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Sion, Switzerland |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Left winger |
| Currentclub: | Yverdon-Sport |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Youthyears1: | –2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sion |
| Youthyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs2: | Juventus |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Sion |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Juventus Next Gen |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Sion (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | Yverdon-Sport |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Yverdon-Sport II |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Switzerland U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Switzerland U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Switzerland U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Switzerland U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 27 May 2024 |
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. Aged 17, Cotter played with the Sion U21 in the Swiss Promotion League. In the beginning of December 2019, 17-year old Cotter began training with the first team.[1]
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.[2] He also came on from the bench in the following league game against Neuchâtel Xamax.
In the beginning of January 2020, Cotter was officially sold to Italian side Juventus.[3] 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.[4] 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.
Having returned to Juventus in July 2020, Cotter was registered to the club's under-19 team for the 2020–21 season. He played 171 minutes, spread over 12 league games, and scored two goals in the Campionato Primavera 1. During a training session in June 2021, Cotter suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which kept him out for about eight months.[5] He returned to train with Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – in April 2022.[6]
On 22 August 2023, Cotter signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.[7]