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Associated Press
Jul 3, 2025, 04:56 AM ET
Liverpool and Portugal guardant Diogo Jota has died alongside his brother, André Silva, successful a car clang adjacent Zamora, Spain successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning, the Civil Guard told the Associated Press. He was 28 years old.
Liverpool shot club, the Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) besides confirmed the incident.
The quality comes conscionable weeks aft Jota joined his semipermanent partner, Rute Cardoso, with whom helium had 3 children.
Spain's Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his member were recovered dormant aft their car went disconnected a roadworthy adjacent the occidental Spanish city.
The Spanish Civil Guard is 1 of the 2 nationalist instrumentality enforcement agencies of Spain. They are a abstracted organisation to the police.
They said they are investigating the origin of the incident. They said determination were nary different vehicles involved.
The Provincial Zamora Council, a section authorities assemblage who archetypal reported the accident, said that the car caught fire.
Jota made 182 appearances for Liverpool since joining from Wolves successful 2020. He lifted the Premier League rubric successful May, having antecedently won the FA Cup and 2 Carabao Cups successful his 5 years astatine the club.
"Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota," the nine said successful a statement."
"Liverpool FC volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this clip and petition the privateness of Diogo and Andrés family, friends, teammates and nine unit is respected arsenic they effort to travel to presumption with an unimaginable loss.
"We volition proceed to supply them with our afloat support."
He began his vocation astatine Portuguese broadside Paços de Ferreira and besides enjoyed spells astatine Atlético Madrid and FC Porto.
Jota besides won 49 planetary caps for Portugal, during which helium won the UEFA Nations League successful 2019 and again past month, scoring 14 goals.
His brother, 25-year-old André Silva, was besides a nonrecreational footballer, playing with little divison Portuguese nine Penafiel.
The FPF said successful a statment: "The Portuguese Football Federation and the full Portuguese shot assemblage are devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and André Silva successful Spain this morning.
"Diogo Jota was not lone a fantastic subordinate with astir 50 caps for the nationalist team, but besides an bonzer idiosyncratic who was respected by each his teammates and opponents. He had a contagious joyousness and was a notation constituent successful his ain community.
"The Portuguese Football Federation would similar to connection the deepest condolences to the families and friends of Diogo and André, arsenic good arsenic Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the respective clubs of the players.
"The Portuguese Football Federation has asked UEFA to clasp a minute's soundlessness up of our nationalist team's lucifer against Spain successful the Women's European Championship connected Thursday.
"We person mislaid 2 champions. Their deaths correspond irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we volition bash everything we tin to honour their bequest each day."
