Jota (footballer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Peleteiro and the second or maternal family name is Ramallo.
Jota

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
Place of birth A Pobra do Caramiñal, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eibar
(on loan from Brentford)
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2004 Xuventud Aguiño
2004–2010 Celta Vigo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Celta Vigo B 68 (22)
2011–2014 Celta Vigo 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Real Madrid B (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Eibar (loan) 35 (11)
2014– Brentford 47 (11)
2016– → Eibar (loan) 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 4 December 2016 (UTC).


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

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

Career

Celta 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.[5]

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.[9] 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.[10][11]

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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] He scored again the following Saturday, converting Alan McCormack's cross to bag the opener in a 3–1 victory over Reading.[16]

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.[17] 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)[18] 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.[19][20] His Cardiff strike was nominated as Brentford's entry for the 2014 Mitre Goal of the Year award.[21]

In late March and early April 2015, Jota scored three goals in four matches to help maintain the Bees' playoff push.[19] Also in April, Jota was named as one of FourFourTwo magazine's top 40 Football League players of the season.[22] 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.[23] The win saw Brentford secure a fifth-place finish and a matchup with Middlesbrough in the playoff semi-finals,[24] but Jota's first season in English football ended in a 5–1 aggregate defeat.[25] He made 46 appearances and scored 11 goals.[19]

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.[26] 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.[27][5] After three further substitute appearances,[28] Jota signed a contract extension with an option to run until June 2018.[29] On 16 January 2016, he departed Griffin Park on loan until June 2017.[29]

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.[29] 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.[30]

Personal life

Jota married model Jessica Bueno in Marbella on 6 July 2015.[31]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 December 2016[5][32]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celta Vigo B 2010–11 Segunda División B 326———326
2011–12 3616———3616
Total 6822— ——6822
Celta Vigo 2010–11 Segunda División 4000——40
2011–12 0010——10
2012–13 La Liga 0000——00
2013–14 0000——00
Total 4010——50
Real Madrid B (loan) 2012–13 Segunda División 30———30
Eibar (loan) 2013–14 351120——3711
Brentford 2014–15 Championship 421110102[lower-alpha 1]04611
2015–16 500000—50
Total 47111010205111
Eibar (loan) 2015–16 La Liga 13000——130
2016–17 5010——60
Total 18010——190
Career total 1754450102018344
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League play-offs

Honours

Club

Eibar

Individual

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)
  3. 1 2 "Jota Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Albacete vs. Celta de Vigo – 17 April 2011 – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Spain – Jota Peleteiro – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Celta de Vigo vs. Real Valladolid – 12 October 2011 – Soccerway". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Jota transferred from Celta de Vigo to Real Madrid B on a loan". soccerfame.com. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 El Eibar obtiene la cesión de Jota (Eibar gets Jota loan); Marca, 31 July 2013 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ "Nominados al premio 'Mejor Centrocampista de Ataque de la Liga Adelante 2013–14'".
  11. 1 2 Insua, Juan Domínguez y Jota Peleteiro, en el once ideal de Segunda división
  12. ↑ Brentford sign Jota from Celta Vigo and Jon Toral of Arsenal; BBC Sport, 15 August 2014
  13. ↑ "BBC Sport – Blackpool 1–2 Brentford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "BBC Sport – Brentford 1–1 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "BBC Sport – Brentford 2–0 Leeds United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "BBC Sport – Brentford 3–1 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Jota makes Brentford vow". getwestlondon. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  18. ↑ Chris Wickham. "Prizes handed out at Brentford FC Player of the Season Awards Dinner". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  19. 1 2 3 "Jota - Football Stats - Brentford - Season 2014/2015 - Soccer Base". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  20. 1 2 Ryan Percival & Alex Butcher. "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week". football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  21. ↑ Chris Wickham. "Jota's goal in Sky Bet Championship win away to Cardiff City named Brentford's Goal of 2014". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  22. ↑ Chris Wickham. "Brentford's Alex Pritchard and Jota in FourFourTwo top 50 Football League players". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  23. 1 2 Alex Butcher. "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week". football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Brentford 3-0 Wigan". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "Middlesbrough 3-0 Brentford". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  26. ↑ Moore, Tom. "Bristol City 2 Brentford 4: Dijkhuizen on Gray future, Jota injury and more". Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  27. ↑ FC, Brentford. "Brentford FC Injury update". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  28. ↑ "Jota Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  29. 1 2 3 "Jota joins Sociedad Deportivo Eibar on loan". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  30. ↑ Ballesteros, Cristian (24 January 2016). "El Athletic golea y manda en Euskadi" [Athletic run riot and rule Euskadi] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  31. ↑ "Jessica Bueno prepara su boda con Jota Peleteiro, que será el 6 de julio en Marbella" [Jessica Bueno prepares her wedding to Jota Peleteiro, that will be on 6 July in Marbella]. HOLA (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Jota". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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