Jota (footballer)

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Jota
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Jota playing for Celta B in 2011
Personal information
Full name José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth A Pobra do Caramiñal, Spain
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Eibar
(on loan from Brentford)
Number 22
Youth career
2000–2004 Xuventud Aguiño
2004–2010 Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Celta B 68 (22)
2011–2014 Celta 4 (0)
2012–2013 Real Madrid B (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Eibar (loan) 35 (11)
2014– Brentford 47 (11)
2016– Eibar (loan) 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2016

José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo (born 16 June 1991), commonly known as Jota, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for SD Eibar on loan from English club Brentford.

A product of the Celta de Vigo youth system, he helped Eibar earn promotion to La Liga while on loan in the 2013–14 season.

Football career

Celta de Vigo

Born in A Pobra do Caramiñal, Province of A Coruña, Jota finished his development with Galician La Liga club Celta de Vigo, after joining the club's youth system at the age of 13.[2] He made his professional debut on 29 January 2011, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Enrique de Lucas in a 1–1 Segunda División draw with Barcelona B.[3] Jota made two further appearances in April 2011, making his first start for the club in a 1–0 win over Albacete on 17 April,[3] lasting 73 minutes before being substituted for Mateo.[4] He made four appearances during the 2010–11 season.[5] Jota's only appearance of the 2011–12 season came in a 3–1 Copa Del Rey third round win over Real Valladolid on 12 October 2011, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Joan Tomàs.[6] With Celta back in La Liga for the 2012–13 season, Jota fell down the pecking order and spent the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons away on loan.[7][8] Jota departed Celta in August 2014, having made just five senior appearances for the club.[5]

Real Madrid B (loan)

Jota was loaned to Segunda División side Real Madrid Castilla for the duration of the 2012–13 season.[7] Mostly confined to the bench, he made just three appearances.[9]

Eibar (loan)

Jota joined Segunda División side Eibar on loan for the 2013–14 season.[8] He instantly broke into the team and made 37 appearances during the season.[5] On 25 May 2014, Jota scored the only goal of the game at home to Deportivo Alavés, the 1–0 win confirming Eibar's promotion to La Liga for the first time in the club's history.[10] Jota finished the season with 11 goals and collected a Segunda División winners' medal after Eibar were promoted as champions.[5] In recognition of his performances with Eibar, Jota was nominated for the Best Attacking Midfielder award at the 2014 LFP Awards and was named in the division's Team of the Year.[11][12]

Brentford

2014–15

On 15 August 2014, Jota moved to England and signed a three-year deal with Brentford, newly promoted to Championship, for an undisclosed fee.[13] Assigned the number 23 shirt, he made his debut as a 64th-minute substitute for Moses Odubajo in a 2–1 victory over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 19 August.[14] He made his first start for the Bees in the following game against Birmingham City, lasting only 17 minutes before being sacrificed for Harlee Dean after Tony Craig received a straight red card.[15] On his seventh appearance, Jota scored his first goal for the club – firing the ball into the top corner during first half stoppage time – in a 2–0 win over Leeds United at Griffin Park on 27 September.[16] He scored again the following Saturday, converting Alan McCormack's cross to bag the opener in a 3–1 victory over Reading.[17]

In mid-November and after two goals in 15 games, Jota revealed that the intensity of the English game meant that he was playing at only 60–70% of his capabilities.[18] He rediscovered his form in late November, scoring four goals in his next four games (winning the Bees Player Outstanding Moment of the Season award for his winning goal versus West London rivals Fulham)[19] and earning a place in the Football League Team of the Week for his performance and goal in a 3–2 victory over Cardiff City on 20 December.[20][21] His Cardiff strike was nominated as Brentford's entry for the 2014 Mitre Goal of the Year award.[22]

In late March and early April 2015, Jota scored three goals in four matches to help maintain the Bees' playoff push.[20] Also in April, Jota was named as one of FourFourTwo magazine's top 40 Football League players of the season.[23] In the final game of the season on 2 May, he scored and assisted Andre Gray in a 3–0 home win over Wigan Athletic, winning a place in the Football League Team of the Week.[24] The win saw Brentford secure a fifth-place finish and a matchup with Middlesbrough in the playoff semi-finals,[25] but Jota's first season in English football ended in a 5–1 aggregate defeat.[26] He made 46 appearances and scored 11 goals.[20]

2015–16

Jota's 2015–16 season was halted on the opening day versus Ipswich Town, suffering damaged ankle ligaments in a tackle by former Brentford teammate Jonathan Douglas.[27] He underwent surgery on 18 August 2015 and returned to action as a late substitute for Ryan Woods in a 2–0 victory over Milton Keynes Dons on 5 December.[28][29] After three further substitute appearances,[30] Jota signed a contract extension with an option to run until June 2018.[31] On 16 January 2016, he departed Griffin Park on loan until June 2017.[31]

Return to Eibar (loan)

On 16 January 2016, it was announced that Jota had returned to Eibar (now playing in La Liga) on an 18-month loan.[31] Eight days later, he made his debut in his country's top division, replacing Saúl Berjón after 57 minutes of a 5–2 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[32]

Personal life

Jota married model Jessica Bueno in Marbella on 6 July 2015.[33]

Honours

Club

Eibar

Individual

Career statistics

As of match played 15 January 2016.
Club Season League

Cup

League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celta Vigo B 2010–11[5] Segunda División B 32 6 32 6
2011–12[5] 36 16 36 16
Total 68 22 68 22
Celta Vigo 2010–11[5] Segunda División 4 0 0 0 4 0
2011–12[5] 0 0 1 0 1 0
2012–13[9] La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14[5] 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 1 0 5 0
Real Madrid Castilla (loan) 2012–13[9] Segunda División 3 0 3 0
Eibar (loan) 2013–14[5] 35 11 2 0 37 11
Brentford 2014–15[20] Championship 42 11 1 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 46 11
2015–16[29] 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 47 11 1 0 1 0 2 0 51 11
Eibar (loan) 2015–16[5] La Liga 0 0 0 0
Career totals 157 44 4 0 1 0 2 0 164 44
  1. Appearances in Football League play-offs.

References

  1. http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/pages-from-fl-professional-retain-list-free-transfers-2014-15-2.pdf-...549-2491536.pdf
  2. Un zurdo con descaro de las playas de Aguiño (Lefty with pizzazz from beaches of Aguiño); Faro de Vigo, 21 January 2011 (Spanish)
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  8. 8.0 8.1 El Eibar obtiene la cesión de Jota (Eibar gets Jota loan); Marca, 31 July 2013 (Spanish)
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  10. Un golazo de Jota Peleteiro lleva al Eibar a Primera división (Jota Peleteiro wonder goal takes Eibar to first division); Marca, 25 May 2014 (Spanish)
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  13. Brentford sign Jota from Celta Vigo and Jon Toral of Arsenal; BBC Sport, 15 August 2014
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