Jota

Joao Pedro Neves Filipe (born 29 March 1999), known as Jota (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɔtɐ]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Celtic.

Born in Lisbon, Jota came through Benfica's youth academy. He began playing for Benfica B in 2017 and was promoted to the first-team a year later, playing a few minutes with the latter. He was consecutively loaned to La Liga club Real Valladolid in 2020 and Scottish Premiership club Celtic in 2021, winning the league and a Scottish League Cup, before joining the club permanently for €7.5 million.

Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at various levels, being part of 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.

Club Career

Benfica

2017–2019: Early years

Born in Lisbon, Jota started his career in the youth ranks of Benfica in 2007. On 18 October 2018, he debuted for the first team in a 3–0 away win over Sertanense in the third round of the Taca de Portugal. He won the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores and helped the team reach the final of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.

On 1 February 2019, Jota was promoted to Benfica's first team, alongside three other Benfica B players. Following his Primeira Liga debut in a 4–0 home win over Chaves on 24 February, he made his European debut on 14 March, as a first choice, in a 3–0 extra time win over Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg of UEFA Europa League round of 16. After failling to impress manager Bruno Lage, Jota was used esporadically and found limited first-team minutes, scoring only two goals in the 2019–20 Taca da Liga against Sporting da Covilha on 3 December and Vitoria de Setubal on 21 December.

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