Jota (footballer, born 1999)

João Pedro Neves Filipe (born 29 March 1999), known as Jota, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic, on loan from Benfica.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Filipe.
Jota
Jota with Benfica in 2020
Personal information
Full name João Pedro Neves Filipe[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2018 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Benfica B 46 (9)
2018– Benfica 23 (0)
2020–2021 → Valladolid (loan) 17 (1)
2021– → Celtic (loan) 26 (9)
National team‡
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)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2021
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner2018
Runner-up2017
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2016
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2021

Club career

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 Taça de Portugal.[2][3] He won the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Juniores and helped the team reach the final of the 2016–17 UEFA Youth League.[4]

On 1 February 2019, Jota was promoted to Benfica's first team, alongside three other Benfica B players.[5] 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.

On 5 October 2020, Jota moved to La Liga side Real Valladolid on loan for the 2020–21 season.[6] On his debut on 22 November he came on as a 77th-minute substiutute for Óscar Plano and scored the final goal of a 3–1 win at Granada, but he added no more goals in 17 games for the rest of the season, which saw the team relegated.[7]

Celtic

On 1 September 2021, Jota joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic on loan for the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy of €7.5 million.[8] He made his debut 10 days later in a 3–0 home win over Ross County, playing the entire game.[9] Jota scored his first goal for the club in a victory against Raith Rovers in the quarter final of the Scottish League Cup on the 23rd of September. [10] He quickly gained appreciation from fans for his flair on the ball, and partnership with fan-favourite Kyogo Furuhashi. In both October and November he won the Scottish Player of the Month award, prompting calls for Celtic to activate the option to buy in his loan contract.[11][12] A hamstring injury in early December put an end to his stellar run of form, forcing him out of the club's League Cup victory against Hibernian.[13]

International career

Jota was a member of the Portugal under-19 team which won the 2018 UEFA European Championship, beating Italy 4–3 in the final after extra time.[14][15] He also finished joint top scorer in the tournament with 5 goals,[16] and was named in the Team of the Tournament.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 April 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 13100––131
2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 13000––130
2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 20800––208
Total 46900––469
Benfica 2018–19[19] Primeira Liga 4000001050
2019–20[20] Primeira Liga 190000030220
2020–21[21] Primeira Liga 0000000000
2021–22[22] Primeira Liga 0000000000
Total 230000040270
Real Valladolid (loan) 2020–21[21] La Liga 171001000181
Celtic (loan) 2021–22[22] Scottish Premiership 2473021623510
Career total 11017303110212619

Honours

Benfica

Celtic

Portugal U17

Portugal U19

Portugal U21

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Rocha, Pedro (19 October 2018). "Jota, mais um produto da geração 99 (o segredo mais bem guardado da formação do Benfica)" [Jota, another product of the 99 generation (the most well-kept secret of Benfica's youth academy)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. "Jota e a realização de um sonho" [Jota and the fulfillment of a dream]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. "Salzburg succeed Chelsea as Youth League winners". UEFA. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "Jota refuerza el ataque" [Jota bolsters the attack] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. Posada, Arturo (23 November 2020). "Debut de «ensueño» para Jota, con una celebración mayúscula" ["Dream" debut for Jota, with a capital celebration]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. "Celtic transfer news: Benfica winger Filipe Jota joins on season-long loan". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  9. McPheat, Nick (11 September 2021). "Celtic 3–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  10. McPheat, Nick (23 September 2021). "Celtic 3–0 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. "Portuguese startlet Jota named Player of the Month in Scotland: "I don't want to stop here."". 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  12. Sullivan, Joe (20 January 2022). "Late Christmas present for Jota with SPFL November Player of the Month award". celticfc.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  13. "Jota Celtic injury timeframe revealed as Ange Postecoglou gives update on winger's fitness". Daily Record. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  14. "Quina becomes European champion for a second time! | West Ham United".
  15. "Italy 3–4 Portugal". UEFA. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  16. "Domingos Quina, Moise Kean, João Filipe impress at Under-19 Euros". Sky Sports. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  17. "Under-19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 1 August 2018.
  18. Jota at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  19. "Games played by Jota in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  20. "Games played by Jota in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  21. "Games played by Jota in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  22. "Games played by Jota in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  23. Jota at Soccerway
  24. "Hibernian 1–2 Celtic" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  25. "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
  26. Woloszyn, Paul (29 July 2018). "Portugal pair share U19 EURO top scorers' prize". UEFA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  27. "Gedson e Jota eleitos os Melhores Jovens de agosto" [Gedson and Jota elected Best Young Players of August]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  28. "Águias com várias distinções nos Melhores de 2018/19" [Eagles with several honours in the Best of 2018–19]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  29. "Portuguese startlet Jota named Player of the Month in Scotland: "I don't want to stop here."". 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  30. Sullivan, Joe (20 January 2022). "Late Christmas present for Jota with SPFL November Player of the Month award". celticfc.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  31. @PFAScotland (26 April 2022). "Your Premiership @PFAScotland Team of the Year" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Twitter.
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