BOTT CJ

Date of Birth: 22 Apr 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Place of birth: WELLINGTON

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : OSLO

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women NZL New Zealand	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Group G #06 AUS Australia 2 NZL New Zealand 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Group G #12 NZL New Zealand 1 USA United States 6	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group G #17 NZL New Zealand 0 SWE Sweden 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
19	Senior	2015	Canada
20	Senior	2019	France

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	New Caledonia

CJ (Instagram profile, 23 Dec 2020; vif-damefotball.no, 02 Sep 2020)

Cooking, baking, yoga, spending time with family and friends. (vif-damefotball.no, 02 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Languages spoken:

Valerenga [Oslo, NOR] since 2020

Jack Majgaard Jensen [club], DEN; Tom Sermanni [national], GBR

Position style:

Defender (bbc.sport.co.uk, 15 Jun 2019)

2014 for New Zealand Against Republic of Korea (footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

In May 2020 she underwent surgery on the meniscus in her knee. She was sidelined for four months and returned in September 2020. (vif-damefotball.no, 02 Sep 2020, 14 May 2020)

She broke her wrist after being struck by the ball during a match against Canada at the 2019 World Cup in France. (wittyflutty.com, 15 Jun 2019; bbc.sport.co.uk, 15 Jun 2019)

National league:

Toppserien [NOR] (vif-damefotball.no, 28 Jan 2021)

She took up football in primary school in New Zealand. (vif-damefotball.no, 02 Sep 2020)

At primary school she was given the option of joining the school choir or playing football with her older brother. "[Singing is] definitely not my cup of tea. My first football memory is of playing with my big brother and his friends in primary school. I loved the feeling of winning with a team and in many ways that is what drives me." (vif-damefotball.no, 02 Sep 2020; footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. (footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

New Zealand footballers Renee Leota and Emma Humphries. (footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Representing your country is an incredibly emotional feeling for me, and it hits me most every time we sing the [national] anthem. I don't think that feeling will ever wear off or become mundane and I'm always so grateful to be wearing the Fern [New Zealand national symbol]." (footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
FREAK ACCIDENT
She says she was mentally able to recover quickly from breaking her wrist at the 2019 World Cup in France because the injury was an unexpected accident. She suffered the injury after she was struck by the ball during a match against Canada at the tournament. "First of all, getting to be part of a World Cup is an amazing experience. The injury was a hard pill to swallow, but the fact that it was such a freak incident, I couldn't be upset that I didn't prepare as well as I should have or anything like that. It was kind of just a matter of accepting it was completely out of the blue and could have happened to anyone. There was no time to cry about it. I think because I took this approach I mentally bounced back quite quickly." (footballfoundation.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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