Diogo Jota, a football player from Liverpool and Portugal, and his brother were killed on Thursday in a car accident in northwest Spain, according to police.
The Civil Guard confirmed the deaths of Jota, 28, and his brother Andre by reporting a vehicle veered off a motorway and burst into flames shortly after midnight in the Zamora municipality.
The Civil Guard claimed in a statement that “everything points to the blowout of a tyre while the vehicle was overtaking.”
Pedro Proenca, president of the Portuguese football federation, declared on social media that Jota was “devastated” and that he was “a remarkable person, respected by all his colleagues and opponents, someone blessed with an infectious joy and a reference to his own community.
Before Portugal’s Women’s Euro 2025 game against Spain in Switzerland on Thursday, Proenca claimed to have requested a minute’s silence from UEFA.
“We have lost two champions,” he said. We will do everything in our power to honor Diogo and Andre Silva’s legacy every day, according to Proenca. “The loss of Portuguese football is irreparable,” said Proenca.
Just before the accident, Jota and Rute Cardoso tied the knot on June 22 and posted a video of their engagement on Instagram.
Three children were born to them.
Source: Channels TV
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