Jota

Benfica

2017–2019: Early years

Born in Lisbon, Jota started his career at Ginásio de Corroios, before joining Benfica's youth ranks in 2007. He 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. 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. 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 failing to impress manager Bruno Lage, Jota was used sporadically and found limited first-team minutes, scoring only two goals in the 2019–20 Taça da Liga against Sporting da Covilhã on 3 December and Vitória de Setúbal on 21 December.

2019–2020: Loan to Valladolid

On 5 October 2020, Jota moved to La Liga side Real Valladolid on loan for the 2020–21 season. On his debut on 22 November he came on as a 77th-minute substitute 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.

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Jota earned 73 caps and scored 26 goals for Portugal across all youth levels, starting with a 2–1 win for the under-15 team against Switzerland in Campo Maior on 10 June 2014. He went with the under-17 team to the 2016 UEFA European Championship in Azerbaijan, scoring in the penalty shootout win over neighbours Spain in the final. At the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Georgia, Jota was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to England. In the final group game, he scored a late penalty as they came back to draw 2–2 with Sweden. He was in the squad for the 2018 tournament, beating Italy 4–3 in the final after extra time. He also finished joint top scorer in the tournament with five goals, and was named in the Team of the Tournament. In March 2021, Jota took part in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Hungary and Slovenia. He scored in extra time as the team beat Italy 5–3 in the quarter-finals at the Stožice Stadium. Portugal finished as runners-up, after losing in the final 1–0 to Germany. In October 2022, he was included in a provisional squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but did not make the final cut.

Club

As of match played 26 April 2025

Benfica

Primeira Liga (1): 2018–19 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2019 Celtic

Scottish Premiership (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 Scottish Cup (1): 2022–23 Scottish League Cup (2): 2021–22, 2022–23 Portugal U17

UEFA European Under-17 Championship (1): 2016 Individual

UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Top goalscorer: 2018 (5 goals) UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2018 LigaPro's Best Young Player of the Month: August 2018 LigaPro's Best Young Player of the Year: 2018–19 SPFL Player of the Month: October 2021, November 2021, April 2022 PFA Scotland Team of the Year (Premiership): 2021–22