Jota
Jota with Celta Vigo B in 2011
Personal information
Full name José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991[1]
Place of birth A Pobra do Caramiñal, Galicia, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
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 Castilla (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Eibar (loan) 35 (11)
2014–2017 Brentford 69 (23)
2016–2017 → Eibar (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2019 Birmingham City 72 (8)
2019–2020 Aston Villa 10 (0)
2020–2021 Alavés 23 (0)
Total 302 (64)
International career
2016 Galicia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo (born 16 June 1991), commonly known as Jota and Jota Peleteiro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A product of the Celta Vigo youth system, he only played a handful of times for club's first team, despite appearing regularly for Celta B. He had a loan spell with Real Madrid Castilla in 2012–13 and helped Eibar gain promotion to La Liga while on loan in the 2013–14 season. He subsequently spent three years with English club Brentford, during which time he again played on loan at Eibar. In August 2017, he joined Birmingham City for a club record fee. Halfway through a four-year contract, he joined local rivals Aston Villa, where he played little, and left in October 2020 to spend the rest of the season with Alavés.

Jota played for the Galicia representative team in a friendly game against Venezuela in 2016.

Club career

Celta Vigo

Jota finished his development with Galician club Celta de Vigo, after joining the club's youth system at the age of 13.[2] He made his first-team debut on 29 January 2011, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Enrique de Lucas in a 1–1 draw with Barcelona B in the Segunda División.[3][4] Jota played twice in April 2011, making his first start in a 1–0 win away to Albacete on 17 April – he lasted 73 minutes before being replaced by Mateo – and finished the 2010–11 season with four appearances.[3][4] His only first-team appearance of the 2011–12 season came as a 73rd-minute substitute for Joan Tomàs in a 3–1 Copa del Rey third round win over Real Valladolid on 12 October 2011.[4] He did however captain and top-score for Celta's B-team as they finished bottom of the 2011–12 Segunda División B.[5][6] With Celta's first team back in La Liga for the 2012–13 season, Jota was not in the manager's plans,[5] and he spent the next season out on loan.

Although he said he only wanted to leave on a permanent transfer, Jota was loaned to Real Madrid Castilla, newly promoted to the Segunda División for the 2012–13 season. The deal included an option to purchase for a fee of around €1 million.[5] Mostly confined to the bench, he made just three appearances.[4]

On Jota's return to Celta, he found new manager Luis Enrique equally willing to dispense with his services,[7] so he again went out on loan, joining Eibar for the 2013–14 Segunda División season.[8] He instantly broke into the team and made 37 appearances during the season.[4] On 25 May 2014, Jota scored the only goal of the game at home to Deportivo Alavés that confirmed 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.[4] In recognition of his performances, Jota was one of three nominees for the Best Attacking Midfielder award at the 2014 LFP Awards – he lost out to Ayoze Pérez[10] – and was named in the division's Team of the Year.[11]

Eduardo Berizzo – Luis Enrique's successor – saw Jota as part of his vision for Celta. The club opened talks with Jota's father, who acted as his representative, over a contract extension, but no agreement could be reached. Injury kept the player out of pre-season, and his omission from the team at the beginning of the season was attributed to concerns he might suffer a relapse, and had no connection to his contractual situation.[12] Jota left Celta in August 2014, having made just five senior appearances.[4]

Brentford

On 15 August 2014, Jota signed a three-year deal with English club Brentford, newly promoted to the Championship, for an undisclosed fee,[13] reported in Spain as €1.5 million.[12] He made his debut as a 64th-minute substitute for Moses Odubajo in a 2–1 victory over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road four days later.[14] He made his first start for the Bees in the following game, against Birmingham City, but lasted 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 for the opening goal 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 matches[19] – one of which, the very late (91st minute) winner against West London rivals Fulham, was chosen as the Bees Player Outstanding Moment of the Season[20] – 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.[21] His Cardiff strike, in which he "curled a stunning shot into the top corner from outside the corner of the penalty area",[22] was nominated as Brentford's entry for the 2014 Mitre Goal of the Year award.[23]

In late March and early April 2015, Jota scored three goals in four matches to help maintain the Bees' playoff push.[19] He was named as one of FourFourTwo magazine's top 40 Football League players of the season.[24] In the final game of the season on 2 May, Jota 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.[25] The win confirmed Brentford in a fifth-place finish, which meant they would face Middlesbrough in the playoff semi-finals,[26] but Jota's first season in English football ended in a 5–1 aggregate defeat.[27] He made 46 appearances and scored 11 goals.[19]

Jota's 2015–16 season was halted on the opening day versus Ipswich Town when he damaged ankle ligaments in a tackle by former Brentford teammate Jonathan Douglas. He underwent surgery ten days later,[28] and returned to action on 5 December, as a late substitute for Ryan Woods in a 2–0 victory over Milton Keynes Dons.[29] After three further substitute appearances,[29] Jota agreed to Brentford including an option to extend his contract to June 2018, as a precursor to his leaving the club on loan for personal reasons.[30][31]

On 16 January 2016, Jota returned to Eibar, now playing in La Liga, on an 18-month loan.[30] Eight days later, he made his first appearance in Spain's top division, replacing Saúl Berjón after 57 minutes of a 5–2 loss at Athletic Bilbao.[4] He made 20 appearances without scoring over the second half of the 2015–16 season and the first half of 2016–17 before being recalled by Brentford.[32][4]

Jota was recalled from loan by Brentford during the January 2017 transfer window,[32] and made his first appearance on 7 January 2017 as a 61st-minute substitute for Nico Yennaris during a 5–1 FA Cup third round victory over Eastleigh.[33] He scored the first goal since his return with a late consolation in a 2–1 defeat by Wigan Athletic two weeks later.[33] A run of five goals in five games in February, which included his first hat-trick for the club, won Jota a nomination for the Championship Player of the Month award.[34] He finished the season as Brentford's third-leading scorer behind Lasse Vibe and the departed Scott Hogan,[35] with 12 goals from 23 appearances, and the club triggered the one-year option on his contract.[36]

Birmingham City

Jota joined Championship club Birmingham City on 31 August 2017 on a four-year contract. The fee was undisclosed, but was confirmed by the club to be a new record, in excess of the £6 million they paid for Nikola Žigić in 2010.[37] He was one of six debutants in the starting eleven for Birmingham's next fixture, away to Norwich City; he played the whole match as his team lost 1–0.[38][39] Jota was substituted after 79 minutes of his second appearance with what appeared to be a hamstring strain.[40] He returned to the starting eleven, but gradually lost the confidence of manager Steve Cotterill and played little after December. When Garry Monk took over as manager in March 2018, Jota returned to the team and started all the remaining matches as Birmingham avoided relegation.[41] At the end of March, BBC Sport's reporter noted that "The most noticeable difference since Monk's appointment has been the greater influence of Spanish forward Jota, who struggled for goals following his club-record move from Brentford in August, but has been pivotal in Blues' successive wins either side of the international break."[42]

He was a regular in the side throughout 2018–19, apart from time lost to a groin injury in mid-season,[43] but his performances were inconsistent. He scored only three goals over the season,[44][45] but provided eleven assists,[46] and in October, created 19 chances for team-mates, four of which led to goals, and contributed to Lukas Jutkiewicz being named Championship Player of the Month.[47]

Aston Villa

Jota signed for Birmingham's local rivals Aston Villa on 5 June 2019. He agreed a two-year contract with the newly promoted Premier League club, and was reunited with manager Dean Smith with whom he had worked at Brentford. On the same day, Gary Gardner moved in the opposite direction; the fees were undisclosed.[48] He made his debut in Villa's opening fixture after an hour of a 3–1 defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur, and scored his first Aston Villa goal on 25 September in a 3–1 away victory against Brighton & Hove Albion in the EFL Cup.[49][50]

On 3 October 2020, Jota left Villa after reaching an agreement for the termination of his contract.[51]

Deportivo Alavés

On 4 October 2020, the day after his Aston Villa exit, Jota signed for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés on a one-year contract.[52] He made his Alavés debut on 18 October, in a 2–0 home league defeat to Elche.[53] He made 23 league appearances without scoring,[4] and confirmed that he would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the season.[54]

Retirement

After leaving Alavés, he was close to joining a side in Saudi Arabia on a multi-year deal, but ultimately announced his retirement in October 2022, saying "in 2021, I lost the ambition I had in previous years and I didn't want that to happen. I wanted to keep in my memory how happy I have been for so many years."[55]

International career

Jota was called into the Galicia squad for a friendly match against Venezuela on 20 May 2016. His shot on goal from outside the box in the 37th minute was parried by goalkeeper Wuilker Faríñez and was scored by Iago Aspas, he was substituted for Joselu at half time during the 1–1 draw.[56][57]

Style of play

Jota was described as similar in style and movement to Spain international David Silva during his time at Eibar.[58] He was described as having "real technical craft" by manager Mark Warburton upon signing for Brentford.[59] His manager at both Aston Villa and Brentford, Dean Smith, described him as having "great ability, great balance and a great eye for both goals and assists".[48]

Personal life

Jota was born in A Pobra do Caramiñal, Province of A Coruña,[1] the son of José Ignacio Peleteiro and his wife Lupe. It was a middle-class family: his father worked for savings bank Caixa Galicia before managing a financial services agency and other businesses.[60] Interviewed in 2017, Jota said he was coached by his father at his first youth club, Xuventud Aguiño.[61] Jota married fashion model Jessica Bueno in June 2015, celebrating the wedding in Marbella after a civil ceremony in Pobra do Caramiñal.[62] The couple's first child, a son, was born in February 2016; Jessica has a son from an earlier relationship.[63]

Career statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celta Vigo B 2010–11[4] Segunda División B326———326
2011–12[4] Segunda División B3616———3616
Total 6822———6822
Celta Vigo 2010–11[4] Segunda División4000——40
2011–12[4] Segunda División0010——10
2012–13[4] La Liga0000——00
2013–14[4] La Liga0000——00
Total 4010——50
Real Madrid Castilla (loan) 2012–13[4] Segunda División30———30
Eibar (loan) 2013–14[4] Segunda División351120——3711
Brentford 2014–15[19] Championship421110102[lower-alpha 1]04611
2015–16[29] Championship500000—50
2016–17[33] Championship211220——2312
2017–18[64] Championship1000——10
Total 69233010207523
Eibar (loan) 2015–16[4] La Liga130———130
2016–17[4] La Liga5020——70
Total 18020——200
Birmingham City 2017–18[64] Championship32520——345
2018–19[65] Championship4030010—413
Total 7282010—758
Aston Villa 2019–20[49] Premier League1001031—141
2020–21[66] Premier League00—20—20
Total 1001051—161
Deportivo Alavés 2020–21[4] La Liga 23020——250
Career total 30264130712032465

Honours

Eibar

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jota Peleteiro: José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo". BDFutbol. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Un zurdo con descaro de las playas de Aguiño" [A cheeky left-footer from the beaches of Aguiño]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 21 January 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Jota Player Profile 2010/2011". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Jota Peleteiro". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Castro, X.R. (31 August 2012). "Jota podría quedarse en el Real Madrid por un millón de euros" [Jota could stay at Real Madrid for a million euros]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Segunda B Tables 2011/12 Group 1". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bustos, Toni y Jota, descartados por Luis Enrique" [Bustos, Toni and Jota, discarded by Luis Enrique]. Marca (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "El Eibar obtiene la cesión de Jota" [Eibar get Jota loan]. Marca (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Un golazo de Jota Peleteiro lleva al Eibar a Primera división" [A wonder goal from Jota Peleteiro lifts Eibar to Primera división]. Marca (in Spanish). Madrid. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ayoze Pérez, 'Mejor Centrocampista de Ataque de la Liga Adelante 2013–14'" [Ayoze Pérez, 'Best Attacking Midfielder in the Liga Adelante (second tier) 2013–14'] (in Spanish). Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "The Liga Adelante team of the season". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 Conde, Jaime (14 August 2014). "El Celta vende a Jota por 1,5 millones al Brentford inglés" [Celta sell Jota for 1.5m to English club Brentford]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Brentford sign Jota from Celta Vigo and Jon Toral of Arsenal". BBC Sport. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Blackpool 1–2 Brentford". BBC Sport. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Brentford 1–1 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Brentford 2–0 Leeds United". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Brentford 3–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Murtagh, Jacob (14 November 2014). "Jota makes Brentford vow". Get West London. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Jota in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  20. ↑ Wickham, Chris (3 May 2015). "Prizes handed out at Player of the Season Awards Dinner". Brentford F.C. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  21. ↑ Percival, Ryan; Butcher, Alex (22 December 2014). "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week". EFL. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  22. ↑ Westall, Rob (20 December 2014). "Cardiff City 2–3 Brentford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  23. ↑ Wickham, Chris (2 February 2015). "Jota's Cardiff strike wins Brentford Goal of 2014". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  24. ↑ Wickham, Chris (21 April 2015). "Two Bees in FourFourTwo top 50". Brentford F.C. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  25. ↑ Butcher, Alex (5 May 2015). "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week". EFL. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  26. ↑ "Brentford 3–0 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  27. ↑ Newsum, Matt (15 May 2015). "Middlesbrough 3–0 Brentford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  28. ↑ Kondonis, Dimitri (19 August 2015). "Brentford star undergoes surgery as Bees issue injury update". Get West London. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  29. 1 2 3 "Games played by Jota in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  30. 1 2 "Jota joins Sociedad Deportivo Eibar on loan". Brentford F.C. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  31. ↑ Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (1 February 2016). "Jota Peleteiro: 'Cuando alguien me pone trabas, más me pico'" [Jota Peleteiro: 'When someone makes things difficult for me, it just makes me more determined']. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  32. 1 2 "Jota: Brentford midfielder to return early from loan spell with La Liga club Eibar". BBC Sport. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  33. 1 2 3 "Games played by Jota in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  34. ↑ Brett, Ciaran (9 March 2017). "Jota nominated for Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month". Brentford F.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  35. ↑ "Brentford squad details 2015/16". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  36. ↑ Dale, James (9 May 2017). "Brentford activate one-year contract extension for Jota". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  37. ↑ "Birmingham City: Jota, Maxime Colin and Jason Lowe join Championship club". BBC Sport. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  38. ↑ "Norwich City 1–0 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  39. ↑ Dick, Brian (9 September 2017). "Birmingham City player ratings: How we rated the new look Blues against Norwich City". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  40. ↑ Dick, Brian (13 September 2017). "Birmingham City analysis: Ndoye improvement, best full back in the league, excitement Nsue-s, hamstrung, points needed". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  41. ↑ Dicken, Alex (30 July 2018). "How Garry Monk has transformed Jota – and why it will only get better". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
    Bharat, Dario (10 September 2018). "'I have the confidence' The story of Jota's Birmingham City career so far". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  42. ↑ "Birmingham City 1–0 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  43. ↑ Dick, Brian (14 December 2018). "'Let's see what happens.' Birmingham City star Jota gives us the latest on his fitness". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  44. ↑ Dick, Brian (23 May 2019). "'Car crash, thoroughbred, potential star' Birmingham City's end of season ratings". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  45. ↑ Dicken, Alex (31 May 2019). "Who is Jota? The Dean Smith disciple set to quit Birmingham City for Aston Villa". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  46. ↑ "Stat attack – Blues 2018/19 statistics". Birmingham City F.C. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  47. ↑ Laurence, Martin (30 October 2018). "Sky Bet Championship stats XI of October: Birmingham dominate Team of the Month". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
    "Championship Player of the Month: Lukas Jutkiewicz". English Football League. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  48. 1 2 "Jota: Aston Villa sign Birmingham forward as Gary Gardner goes in opposite direction". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  49. 1 2 "Games played by Jota in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  50. ↑ "Brighton 1–3 Aston Villa: Jack Grealish scores third against young Seagulls". Sky Sports. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  51. ↑ "Villa announce Jota departure". Aston Villa F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  52. ↑ "Jota Peleteiro ficha por el Deportivo Alavés". Deportivo Alavés. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  53. ↑ Lara, Lorenzo (18 October 2020). "El Elche mete al Alavés en un lío" [Elche get Alavés in a mess]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  54. ↑ Nuño, Nuria (2 May 2021). "Peleteiro se despide del Alavés: «Se queda en las mejores manos»" [Peleteiro says goodbye to Alavés: 'It's in the best of hands']. El Correo (in Spanish). Bilbao. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  55. ↑ "Aston Villa flop retires at just 31 after becoming 'afraid'". Birmingham Mail. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  56. ↑ Fernández, Carlos Alberto (20 May 2016). "1–1. Venezuela recurre a su fondo de armario y empata con Galicia en el 93" [Venezuela resort to the back of the wardrobe and draw with Galicia in the 93rd] (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  57. ↑ "Galicia 1–1 Venezuela". The Ball is Hispanospherical. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  58. ↑ Ball, Phil (27 May 2014). "Could Eibar's astonishing rise to La Liga end before a ball is kicked?". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  59. ↑ "Brentford sign Jota from Celta Vigo and Jon Toral of Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  60. ↑ Portabales, Pablo (30 June 2013). "El amor gallego de Jessica Bueno" [Jessica Bueno's Galician love]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  61. ↑ Moore, Tom (7 June 2017). "Brentford wing wizard Jota reflects on early career and sees promotion chance with the Bees". Get West London. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  62. ↑ "Jessica Bueno y Jota Peleteiro, 'felicidad máxima' en el día de su boda" [Jessica Bueno and Jota Peleteiro, 'as happy as can be' on their wedding day]. ¡Hola! (in Spanish). Madrid. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  63. ↑ "Jessica Bueno y Jota Peleteiro ya son padres" [Jessica Bueno and Jota Peleteiro are parents]. ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  64. 1 2 "Games played by Jota in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  65. ↑ "Games played by Jota in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  66. ↑ "Games played by Jota in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.