Liverpool forward, Diogo Jota has died at the age of 28 in a car accident in Zamora, Spain.
Jota had been travelling with his brother, Andre Silva when their Lamborghini reportedly left the road due to a tyre blow-out whilst overtaking another vehicle, and subsequently caught fire with both siblings declared dead at circa 00:30pm CEST (23:30pm UK Time).
Silva was also a professional footballer who pried his trade in Portugal’s second-tier with Penafiel.
Their deaths were officially announced by Portugal’s FA on their social media channels in which the FA expressed “deepest condolences” to family, friends and both clubs.
Spain’s Guardia Civil issued a brief statement about the incident.
“The information we have so far is that the car, which was a Lamborghini, was in a road traffic accident and left the road due to a tyre blowout while overtaking.
“It was in the early hours, 00:30 BST, in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora.
“The car caught on fire and the two occupants were killed.”
Jota’s death comes just weeks after he married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso in late June and he leaves behind three children.
Jota began his career at Pacos de Ferreira where he graduated into their senior team and scored 15 goals in 45 appearances before he moved to Atletico Madrid in July 2016, but he failed to make a single appearance for the La Liga club.
He instead spent 2016-17 season on loan at Porto before he moved to Wolves on an initial loan the following season where he managed 44 goals in 131 appearances across three seasons, and helped the club get promoted as Championship champions in his first season at Molineux.
A move to Liverpool followed in September 2020 where Jota went on to score 65 goals in 182 appearances, during which he achieved a FA Cup and Carabao Cup double with the Reds in 2021-22 season followed by a second title in the latter competition in 23-24 season.
Jota most recently was part of Liverpool’s second title-winning Premier League team last season, with his final-ever goal having come as a 57th-minute winner against Everton in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. .
Jota represented Portugal at international level where he netted 14 goals in 49 appearances between 2019 – 25, during which he helped his country win the UEFA Nations League titles in 2019 and 2025 respectively.
