{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1999)}} {{family name hatnote|Caicedo|Ayovi|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jessy Caicedo | image = | fullname = Jessy Teotista Caicedo Ayovi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|4|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessy Caicedo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe703672/jessy-caicedo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | birth_place = Telembí, Esmeraldas, Ecuador | height = | position = Left-back<br>Striker | currentclub = Ñañas | clubnumber = 2 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Leones del Norte | years1 = 2019 | clubs1 = Universidad Católica | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2020– | clubs2 = Ñañas | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 1 | nationalyears1= 2021– | nationalteam1= Ecuador | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 27 April 2022 | ntupdate = 27 April 2022 }} '''Jessy Teotista Caicedo Ayovi''' (born 4 July 1999) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a defender for Superliga Femenina club Club Ñañas and the Ecuador women's national team.
==Early life== Caicedo grew up in Telembí, a rural parish of Eloy Alfaro Canton in Esmeraldas Province. She began playing football aged eight. Prior to turning professional, Caicedo trained with and appeared in exhibition matches for men's team {{ill|Club Deportivo Leones del Norte|es}}.<ref name="Caskabel">{{cite web |title=JESSY CAICEDO: LA NIÑA QUE JUGABA FÚTBOL ENTRE HOMBRES ES LA MEJOR DE LA SUPERLIGA FEMENINA 2020 |url=http://revistacaskabel.com/jessy-caicedo-la-nina-que-jugaba-futbol-entre-hombres-es-la-mejor-de-la-superliga-femenina-2020/ |website=Revista Caskabel |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=es |date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Universidad Católica=== On 28 April 2019, Caicedo debuted for Superliga Femenina side C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador as a forward in a 1–0 defeat to Club Ñañas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ñañas debutó con triunfo ante Católica |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/deportes/nanas-debut-triunfo-catolica-superliga.html |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=El Comercio |date=28 April 2019 |language=es}}</ref> She ended the season as the team's top scorer.<ref name="Caskabel" />
===Club Ñañas=== In early 2020, Caicedo joined Club Ñañas where coach Francisco Ramírez began fielding her as a defender.<ref name="Caskabel" /> On 22 March 2021, she was named as both the best player and best left-back of the Superliga Femenina 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessy Caicedo, la mejor jugadora de la Superliga Femenina 2020 |url=https://lared.com.ec/it_polideportivo1/jessy-caicedo-la-mejor-jugadora-de-la-superliga-femenina-2020/ |website=LaRed |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=es |date=23 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Las exjugadoras de El Nacional arrasaron en la gala de premiación de la Superliga Femenina 2020 |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/deportes/futbol/exjugadoras-nacional-arrasaron-gala-premiacion.html |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=El Comercio |date=23 March 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
On 4 July 2021, Caicedo set a new record for the fastest goal in Superliga Femenina. She scored 12 seconds into a 2–1 win over Liga de Quito, surpassing teammate Carina Caicedo's previous record by 11 seconds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinchi |first1=Bolívar |title=Jessy Caicedo marca el gol más rápido de la Superliga Femenina |url=https://elmercurio.com.ec/2021/07/06/jessy-caicedo-marca-el-gol-mas-rapido-de-la-superliga-femenina/ |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Diario El Mercurio en Cuenca |date=6 July 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
==International career== On 21 February 2021, Caicedo earned her first cap for Ecuador as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 friendly victory over Bolivia at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Tricolor empieza el año con un triunfo ante Bolivia |url=https://diariocorreo.com.ec/52644/deportes/la-tricolor-empieza-el-ano-con-un-triunfo-ante-bolivia |access-date=27 April 2022 |work=Diario Correo |date=21 February 2021 |language=es}}</ref> She made her starting debut on 24 October the same year, in a 4–1 friendly loss to Venezuela at Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Espinoza |first1=David |title=¡Venezuela le volvió a pasar de a cuatro y goleó por segunda vez consecutiva a Ecuador! |url=https://www.futbolecuador.com/site/noticia/la-seleccion-femenina-sufrio-una-nueva-y-dolorosa-derrota-a-manos-de-la-vinotinto/139268 |website=futbolecuador.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=es |date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
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