1. Diogo Jota started his career with Pacos de Ferreira, before signing for La Liga club Atletico Madrid in 2016.
21 Facts About Diogo Jota
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Diogo Jota is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at under-19, under-21 and under-23 levels.
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Diogo Jota 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.
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On 30 May 2015, Diogo Jota signed a new five-year deal with Pacos, keeping him tied up until 2020.
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On 14 March 2016, Diogo Jota agreed a five-year contract with Atletico Madrid effective as of 1 July.
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On 25 July 2017, Diogo Jota signed for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season-long loan.
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Diogo Jota scored a career-best 17 league goals in his first year, ranking fifth in the league top scorer charts, as Wolves achieved promotion to the Premier League as champions; due to English Football League regulations, he wore his legal surname on his jersey in the Championship but was able to change it to "Diogo J" after the feat.
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Diogo Jota's second came four days later, in a win at Newcastle United by the same scoreline.
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On 14 May, in the 2022 FA Cup final, Diogo Jota came on as a substitute for the injured Mohamed Salah after 33 minutes.
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Liverpool won the final after a penalty shoot-out, in which Diogo Jota scored his penalty.
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Diogo Jota suffered a hamstring injury in the pre-season which made him miss the start of the season.
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On 2 August 2022, Diogo Jota signed a new long-term deal with the club.
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Diogo Jota would receive criticism from pundits; Stephen Warnock claimed that he had "been poor since coming on at half time, not up to the pace of the game at all", while Gary Neville agreed with the red card, as he believed Jota's actions were a "stupidity".
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In January 2024, with the absence of Mohamed Salah in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations and his subsequent injury, Diogo Jota stepped up in absence, forming a successful partnership with Darwin Nunez, with scoring five goals and assisting another two in Liverpool's wins over Burnley, Newcastle United, Bournemouth and Chelsea, earning him the Premier League Player of the Month award for January.
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In March 2019, Diogo Jota was called up to the senior side for the first time, ahead of the opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Ukraine and Serbia.
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Diogo Jota played all games in a round of 16-exit defeat to Belgium.
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On 18 October 2022, Diogo Jota was ruled out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup due to a calf injury he sustained during a league match with Liverpool against Manchester City on 16 October 2022.
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Diogo Jota is known for his clinical finishing, explosive pace, dribbling ability, positional sense, movement and close control which make him especially effective on the counter-attack.
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Diogo Jota's brother, Andre Silva, is a footballer, who currently plays for Liga Portugal 2 side Penafiel.
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Diogo Jota is an avid gamer, and as of 6 February 2021, was ranked world No 1 in FIFA 21's Champions Leaderboard.
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Diogo Jota has his own eSports team known as Luna Galaxy and regularly streams on Twitch.