Jota

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.

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.

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.

He scored again the following Saturday, converting Alan McCormack's cross for the opening goal in a 3–1 victory over Reading.

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.

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 rediscovered his form in late November, scoring four goals in his next four matches – 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 – 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.

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.

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.

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.

He did however captain and top-score for Celta's B-team as they finished bottom of the 2011–12 Segunda División 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.

With Celta's first team back in La Liga for the 2012–13 season, Jota was not in the manager's plans, 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.

Mostly confined to the bench, he made just three appearances.

On Jota's return to Celta, he found new manager Luis Enrique equally willing to dispense with his services, so he again went out on loan, joining Eibar for the 2013–14 Segunda División season.

He instantly broke into the team and made 37 appearances during the season.

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.

Jota finished the season with 11 goals and collected a Segunda División winners' medal after Eibar were promoted as champions.

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 – and was named in the division's Team of the Year.

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.

Jota left Celta in August 2014, having made just five senior appearances.

On 15 August 2014, Jota signed a three-year deal with English club Brentford, newly promoted to the Championship, for an undisclosed fee, reported in Spain as €1.5 million.

His Cardiff strike, in which he "curled a stunning shot into the top corner from outside the corner of the penalty area", was nominated as Brentford's entry for the 2014 Mitre Goal of the Year award.

In late March and early April 2015, Jota scored three goals in four matches to help maintain the Bees' playoff push.

He was named as one of FourFourTwo magazine's top 40 Football League players of the season.

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.

The win confirmed Brentford in a fifth-place finish, which meant they would face Middlesbrough in the playoff semi-finals, but Jota's first season in English football ended in a 5–1 aggregate defeat.

He made 46 appearances and scored 11 goals.

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, and returned to action on 5 December, as a late substitute for Ryan Woods in a 2–0 victory over Milton Keynes Dons.

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

Jota finished his development with Galician club Celta de Vigo, after joining the club's youth system at the age of 13.

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.