Global InformationDiogo Jota information
 Jota playing for Liverpool in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diogo José Teixeira da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1996[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, left winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2013 | Gondomar | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Paços de Ferreira | 41 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Porto (loan) | 27 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 44 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 67 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Liverpool | 97 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Portugal U21 | 20 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Portugal | 36 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 16 November 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva (born 4 December 1996), known as Diogo Jota,[note 1] is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team.
Jota started his career with Paços de Ferreira, before signing for La Liga club Atlético Madrid in 2016. After two seasons in the Primeira Liga, he was consecutively loaned to Primeira Liga club FC Porto in 2016 and EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2017. Having helped them gain promotion to the Premier League, he joined the club in 2018 for a reported €14 million and went on to make 131 appearances for them, scoring 44 goals. In 2020, he signed for Liverpool for a fee reported to be £41 million.
Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.[5][6] He was included in the squad for the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, which Portugal won on home soil, and made his senior international debut in November 2019, playing at UEFA Euro 2020.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Soccerwaywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Diogo Jota: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Paulos, Paulo (3 October 2016). "A ascensão de Jota até virar o avançado de que o dragão precisava" [Jota's ascension until he turned into the striker the dragon needed]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Gomes, Lídia Paralta (1 October 2016). "A noite foi de Jota Jota Jota" [The night was Jota Jota Jota]. Tribuna Expresso (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Portugal (sub-20): André Horta e Diogo Jota convocados para estágio" [Portugal (under-20): André Horta and Diogo Jota called for training camp]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 22 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Portugal-México, 4–0" [Portugal-Mexico, 4–0]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Euro 2020: Diogo Jota's Portugal eliminated at last-16 stage". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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