Jota parents: Who are Jota parents? – Jota, born João Pedro Neves Filipe is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad. He was signed from Scottish giants Celtic on July 3, 2023 for £25 million, joining the likes of Karim Benzema and N’golo Kante as part of the massive investment into Saudi Pro League football by the PIF.
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Jota was born on 29 March 1999 in Lisbon. Despite his soaring popularity, information about his parents are currently unavailable — not even their names are known.
Jota started his career at Ginásio de Corroios, before joining Benfica’s youth ranks in 2007 and made his debut for the club’s B team on 23 January 2016, replacing Dálcio in the 62nd minute in a 2–1 home loss to Varzim.
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On 18 October 2018, he made his debut for the first team in a 3–0 away win over Sertanense in the third round of the Taça 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.
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 €7.5 million in the summer of 2022.
Jota’s parents will be proud of how his profession has progressed thus far and will be hoping that it will continue to grow.
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