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Tragedy in Spain: Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota dies in road accident

Diogo Jota had just married his fiancée, Rute Cardoso, just 10 days ago

3 July 2025Aggiornato alle ore 18:25

Una foto del calciatore portoghese del Liverpool Diogo Jota accanto a uno dei tanti tributi floreali davanti all’Anfield Stadium di Liverpool, in Gran Bretagna, il 3 luglio 2025, dopo la notizia che Jota è morto in un incidente d’auto in Spagna (Reuters/Temilade Adelaja)

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Liverpool player Diogo Jota, 28, died in a car accident in Zamora, Spain. According to witnesses who called 112, the car - a Lamborghini - was engulfed in flames, which also spread to the surrounding vegetation. According to As reports after the initial investigation, it is believed that the car suffered a tyre blowout during an overtaking manoeuvre.

Il luogo dell’incidente

L’incidente si è verificato all’altezza del chilometro 65 della A-52 nel territorio di Cernadilla

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Liverpool and Portugal striker Diogo Jota was 28 years old and was in Spain on holiday.

L’auto di Diogo Jota in fiamme subito dopo l’incidente

Diogo was travelling with his brother Andrè, also a footballer, in the Penafiel, who also died. The accident occurred around 1.30 p.m. at the height of kilometre 65 of the A-52 in the territory of Cernadilla.

Diogo Jota had just married his fiancée, Rute Cardoso, just 11 days ago. The wedding took place on 22 June. Photos showed the couple with their three children: Denis (2021), Duarte (2023) and a daughter born in 2024, whose name was not revealed.

Tragedia in Spagna, muore in incidente il calciatore Diogo Jota
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The Career

A Liverpool footballer, born in 1996, he began his professional career at Paços de Ferreira. He was formerly at Aletico Madrid (in the 2016-17 season although he never made his debut with the Colchoneros) and at Porto, on loan for one year.
Jota, 28, at Liverpool had arrived in 2020 from Wolverhampton - where he had contributed to promotion to the Premier League with 17 goals in the 2017-18 season - for €44.7m. Since then he has played 182 games with the Reds, scoring 65 goals and providing 26 assists. During this time he has won three titles with the Reds: a Premier league (2024-25), an Fa Cup (2021-22) and a League Cup (2021-22).

With the Portuguese national team, he made his debut in 2019 and soon became a staple of the Portuguese attack, contributing to the victory of the 2019 and 2025 Nations Leagues.

1' of silence

The Portuguese Football Federation has obtained from Uefa to observe a minute's silence before tonight's match between Portugal and Spain at the Women's European Championship, in tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva.
This is the remembrance on Facebook - among the first to post condolences to Leao and Cristiano Ronaldo - of the federation's president, Pedro Proença: 'Much more than a fantastic player, with almost 50 appearances in the national team, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all his colleagues and opponents,' he added. 'We have lost two champions,' Proença continued.