Liverpool player Diogo Jota died early Thursday morning after being involved in a traffic accident in the province of Zamora (Spain).
The football world is in shock. Liverpool’s Portuguese player Diogo Jota died early Thursday morning at the age of 28 in a road accident in the Spanish province of Zamora.
The collision occurred at kilometre 65 of the A-52, near the town of Palacios de Sanabria, according to the Castile and Leon emergency services. The Portuguese was with his brother Andre Silva, a Penafiel player, who also lost his life.
Witnesses say that the vehicle left the road and started to burn after the accident. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Due to the initial force of the flames, which spread through the nearby vegetation, firefighters from the nearby town of Rionegro del Puente had to be deployed. They worked together with the emergency medical services in the rescue work, but could do nothing for the lives of the occupants of the vehicle.
Due to the initial strength of the flames, which spread through the nearby vegetation, firefighters from the nearby town of Rionegro del Puente had to be deployed.
They worked together with the emergency medical services in the rescue work, but could do nothing for the lives of the occupants of the vehicle.
It is also given the circumstance that only ten days ago, on 22nd June, Liverpool’s Diogo Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had been dating since 2013. They had three young children.
The Portuguese federation issued a statement a few minutes later mourning the death of the 28-year-old winger. “The Portuguese Football Federation and all of Portuguese football are utterly devastated by the deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva this morning in Spain. Far beyond being an exceptional player, with nearly 50 caps for the National Team, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all teammates and opponents, someone with a contagious joy and a reference within his own community.
On my behalf, and on behalf of the Portuguese Football Federation, I express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Diogo and Andre Silva, as well as to Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where the players, respectively, performed. The Portuguese Football Federation has already requested UEFA to observe a minute of silence this Thursday before our National Team’s match against Spain in the Women’s European Championship.
We have lost two champions. The passing of Diogo and Andre Silva represents irreparable losses for Portuguese Football, and we will do everything to honor their legacy daily,” reads the statement.
