JOTA

Lisbon-born Jota arrived at Celtic Park on the final day of the transfer window in 2021, joining the Bhoys on a season-long loan deal with Celtic having an option to buy. After a successful first season in the hoops, scoring 13 goals in 40 appearances and securing the Scottish Premiership title and the League Cup, he made his move to Glasgow a permanent one on the July 1, 2022.

The exciting forward is a product of Benfica’s youth academy, having joined the Portuguese outfit in 2007 and having graduated to the club's senior side in 2018 - making his debut in a comfortable 3-0 Taca de Portgual cup win over Sertanense.

In February, 2019, the winger made his top-flight league debut in a 4-0 home win over Chaves, and, one month later, made his senior level European debut in a last 16 UEFA Europa League encounter with Dinamo Zagreb.

Jota spent the 2020/21 campaign out on loan, playing in Spain’s La Liga for Real Valladolid, before joining the Hoops on loan in the summer of 2021.

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Having turned out for his country's Under-15s, 16s, 17s, 19s, and 20s between 2014 and 2017, Jota stepped up to Portugal's Under-21s on May 25, 2018. Upon his arrival at Celtic in the summer of 2021, the midfielder had made 18 appearances for his nation's U-21s and had scored five goals in the process.