From the title with Liverpool to the wedding with the love of his life... Who was Diogo Jota, the star who died at the wrong moment?

2025-07-03 11:22:59 / SPORT ALFA PRESS

From the title with Liverpool to the wedding with the love of his life... Who

A shocking event has shocked not only the world of football, but also public opinion in general. Diogo Jota, the Portuguese star of Liverpool, has lost his life in a tragic road accident in Spain, at the age of just 28.

According to reports from local media outlets such as Marca and Enfoque, the accident occurred on the A52 motorway, near the municipality of Palacios de Sanabria, in the Spanish province of Zamora. His brother André Jota, 26, was also in the vehicle, and he also did not survive the crash.

Just a week ago, Jota married the love of his life.

The news is even more painful when we remember that just a week earlier, on June 22, 2025, Diogo Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had built a stable family life. The couple were parents to three children, and had recently shared photos of their wedding on social media, where they appeared happily at the altar, surrounded by their children.

In the caption of the Instagram post, they wrote: "June 22, 2025. Yes for life." The photo has received over 190 thousand likes and hundreds of supportive comments, including well-known names such as Darwin Núñez and Natalia Becker, the wife of goalkeeper Alisson.

A brilliant career that was suddenly cut short

Jota was one of the most beloved figures at Anfield, having joined from Wolverhampton in 2020 for a fee of £41m. He played on the left wing and was a key contributor to Liverpool's success, with 182 appearances, 65 goals and 26 assists, as well as winning the Premier League in the 2024-25 season.

 

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