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Diogo Jota
Portuguese footballer (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diogo José Teixeira da Silva (born 4 December 1996), known as Diogo Jota,[note 1] is a Portuguese professional footballer who is a forward or left winger for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team.
![]() Jota with Portugal in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diogo José Teixeira da Silva[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 27)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, 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 | 42 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
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 23:43, 1 July 2024 (UTC) |
Jota started his career with Paços de Ferreira, before signing up for La Liga the 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 and Euro 2024.[7]