Kaiya Jota
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_50_(Jota).jpg) Jota with Stanford in 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kaiya Rose Flintham Jota[1] | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 5, 2006 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Baldwin Park, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||
Current team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| Marshall Fundamental Secondary School | ||||||||||||
| Whitfield SC Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Breakers | ||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2024– | Stanford Cardinal | 9 | (0) | |||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Philippines | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2025 | England U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2025– | England U20 | |||||||||||
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| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:10; February 18 2026 (UTC) | ||||||||||||
Kaiya Rose Flintham Jota (born February 5, 2006) is a college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Stanford Cardinal. Born in the United States, she is a youth international with England under-20s. She previously played for the Philippines national team and was included in their squad at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Jota attended Marshall Fundamental Secondary School, where she played soccer.[3] She was named to the Mission Valley League First Team for three consecutive years, and in 2022 she was named to the CIF All-League[3] She committed to play college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal.[3]
College career
After spending her freshman season with the Stanford Cardinal as unused backup to Haley Craig in 2024, Jota saw playing time as a substitute for freshman starter Caroline Birkel during her sophomore season in 2025.[4][5]
International career
Jota was born in the United States to a Filipino father and an English mother, making her eligible to play for England, Philippines or the United States at international level.[3]
Philippines senior team
Jota played for Philippines in two fixtures in the U20 Asian Cup qualifiers in March 2023, losing 6–0 to China[6] and getting sent off against Laos.[7]
Jota was first invited to train for the Philippines during their September 2022 training camp in California.[8][9] Due to her inability to obtain her Philippine passport in time for the friendly match against New Zealand, she was unable to make the matchday list.
In October 2022, Jota received her first official call-up for the Philippines in their training camp and friendlies against Costa Rica.[10] A couple of months later, Jota was once again called up for the Philippines for their friendlies against Papua New Guinea.[11][12] She made her debut for the Philippines in a 9–0 win against Papua New Guinea, coming in as a substitute, replacing Olivia McDaniel in the second half.[13][14]
Jota was included in the team's lineup for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15][16] She did not feature in any games but trained with the team in New Zealand.[2]
England youth teams
On October 16, 2024, Jota was called up to the England under-19 team for Algarve Cup matches against Netherlands and Norway.[17] She was subsequently called up to the under-20 squad in November 2025 and February 2026, for international matches and training camps in Spain.[18][19]
