FC Liverpool: Diogo Jota dies in car accident – eleven days after wedding

The football world is in shock: the Portuguese international Diogo Jota from Liverpool was killed in a traffic accident in Spain. The police and the Portuguese Football Association confirmed the death of the 28-year-old. At first, several media had reported unanimously. Diogo Jota’s 25 -year -old brother André also died in the accident.

Diogo Jota had only married less than two weeks ago. He is a triple father. At the end of May, he celebrated the championship with Liverpool FC Liverpool with a family picture, on which he, his wife and the three children pose on the pitch with the trophy for the champion. In another picture, the family can be seen with three dogs.

“The Portuguese Football Association and the entire Portuguese football are deeply shaken about the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in Spain this morning,” the association was not only a fantastic player, “but also an extraordinary person who was respected by all his co-players who were exuded to a contagious joy and was a reference to his community.”

The association already asked the UEFA to take a minute of silence at the European Championship of the women before the Portuguese’s play against Spain tonight.

Diogo Jota has been playing for Liverpool since September 2020. Before the championship last season, he won the FA Cup with the Reds in 2022 and 2022 and 2024 the league cup.

“The Liverpool Football Club is shaken by the tragic death of Diogo Jota,” said the club. Liverpool asked “to respect the family, friends, teammates and club employees of Diogo and André, while trying to deal with this unimaginable loss. We will continue to send you our full support.”

The attacker played 49 caps for Portugal. He scored 14 goals. Diogo Jota was part of the European Championship in Germany last year. Most recently, he won the Nations League with his home country. The offensive player was also used in the 2-1 victory against the DFB team trained by Julian Nagelsmann.

According to media reports from Spain and Portugal, Diogo Jota and his brother had an accident in the early morning. The accident is said to have occurred on Autobahn 52 at the municipality of Cernadilla.

The responsible operations center is said to have received several calls in which it was made aware of the accident. According to the British BBC, the two crashed in a sports car in an overtaking maneuver.

The car is therefore said to have strayed from the street and have gone up in flames. The rescue workers could only have confirmed the death of the two young men at the scene of the accident.

According to “Zamora24Horas”, both men are said to have been burned until they were recognized and the remains of mortal to a forensic institute. Diogo Jota’s brother played for FC Penafiel in the second Portuguese league.

“The Portuguese football association speaks to the family and the friends of Diogo and André Silva as well as the Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where the players played,” said their deepest condolences, “said the association.

Portugal’s football legend Pepe wrote on Instagram: “With great sadness I received the news of the death of Diogo Jota and his brother André. One too, painful loss that makes us all poorer – as a colleague, as friends and as a football lover.” The 42-year-old expressed his “sincere condolences” to the family and friends Diogo Jotas.

National team colleague Ruben Neves wrote: “You say we only lose people if we forget them. I will never forget you!”