Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies in car crash two weeks after wedding

Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a automobile shatter in northwestern Spain on Thursday, police stated, weeks after the smartly-known particular person got married.

The Civil Guard stated a vehicle veered off a motorway and burst into flames right now after hour of darkness within the municipality of Cernadilla within the province of Zamora, confirming the deaths of Jota, 28, and his brother Andre.

“Every thing parts to the blowout of a tyre while it (the vehicle) used to be overtaking,” the Civil Guard stated in an announcement.

Portuguese football federation president Pedro Proenca wrote on social media that he used to be “devastated”, calling Jota “an unheard of particular person, respected by all his colleagues and opponents, somebody blessed with an infectious joy and a reference for his hold team”.

Proenca stated they had requested UEFA for a minute’s silence earlier than Portugal’s Ladies folk’s Euro 2025 match in opposition to Spain in Switzerland on Thursday.

“We have misplaced two champions. The death of Diogo and Andre Silva are irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we are able to produce all the pieces that you could presumably think to honour their legacy each day,” Proenca added.

Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso on June 22, posting a video of their wedding on Instagram objective hours earlier than the accident.

They'd three children.

The frail Atletico Madrid, Porto and Wolverhampton Wanderers smartly-known particular person scored nine targets in all competitions last season as Liverpool cruised to their twentieth Premier League title.