Jota (footballer, born 1999)
João Pedro Neves Filipe (born 29 March 1999), known as Jota (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɔtɐ]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.
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Jota in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro Neves Filipe | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ittihad | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2018 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Benfica B | 46 | (9) |
| 2018–2022 | Benfica | 23 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Valladolid (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Celtic (loan) | 29 | (10) |
| 2022–2023 | Celtic | 33 | (11) |
| 2023– | Al-Ittihad | 11 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (12) |
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 20 | (10) |
| 2017–2019 | Portugal U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021 | |||
Born in Lisbon, Jota came through Benfica's youth academy. He began playing for Benfica B in 2018 and was promoted to the first team a year later, but played only a few minutes. He was loaned to La Liga club Real Valladolid in 2020 and Scottish Premiership club Celtic in 2021, winning the league and Scottish League Cup, before joining the club permanently for £6.5 million in the summer of 2022. In July 2023, Jota joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad for a reported €29 million.
Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various levels, including the under-17 team that won the 2016 European Championship, the under-19 team that won the 2018 European Championship and the under-21 team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 European Championship.