Jota (footballer, born 1999)
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| 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/Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Benfica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Benfica B | 47 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Benfica | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 20 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Portugal U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Portugal U21 | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
João Pedro Neves Filipe (born 30 March 1999), also known as Jota, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Benfica as a winger.
Club career
Born in Lisbon, Filipe started his career in the youth ranks of S.L. 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.[1][2]
On 1 February 2019, Filipe was promoted to Benfica's first team, alongside three other Benfica B players.[3] 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 (a.e.t.) win over Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg of UEFA Europa League's round of 16.
International career
Filipe 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.[4][5] He also finished joint top scorer in the tournament with 5 goals,[6] and was named in the Team of the Tournament.[7]
Honours
Benfica[8]
- Primeira Liga: 2018–19
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2019
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
- UEFA Youth League runners-up: 2016–17
Portugal[8]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016[9]
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Top goalscorer: 2018 (5 goals)[10]
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2018[7]
- LigaPro's Best Young Player of the Month: August 2018[11]
- LigaPro's Best Young Player of the Year: 2018–19[12]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Italy 3–4 Portugal". UEFA. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Domingos Quina, Moise Kean, João Filipe impress at Under-19 Euros". Sky Sports. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Under-19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 1 August 2018.
- ^ a b Jota at Soccerway
- ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014.
- ^ Woloszyn, Paul (29 July 2018). "Portugal pair share U19 EURO top scorers' prize". UEFA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Benfica official profile
- Jota at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Jota – UEFA competition record (archive)
- National team data (in Portuguese)