Liverpool and the striker of Portugal Diogo Jota died Thursday in a car accident in Spain, announced the Portuguese Football Federation. He was 28 years old.
The Reds published the following declaration:
“The Liverpool Football Club is devastated by the tragic death of Diogo Jota.
The club was informed that the 28 -year -old died following a road accident in Spain with his brother, Andre.
The Liverpool FC will not make any other comments for the moment and will ask for the privacy of Diogo and the family, friends, teammates and staff of teammates and Andre clubs because they are trying to reconcile with an unimaginable loss.
We will continue to provide them with our full support. “”
The Portuguese player and his brother Andre, according to the Spanish agency EFE, were killed on the Rias Bajas motorway near Palacios de Sanabria in Zamora, in the northwest of Spain. Jota had just married less than two weeks ago.
“The Portuguese Federation of Futebol and all Portuguese Futebol are completely devastated by the death of Diogo Jota and André Silva this morning in Spain,” said Portugal FA, Dr. Pedro Proenca, in a statement.
JOTA signed for Liverpool in September 2020 Wolverhampton for around $ 40 million. Since then, he has scored a total of 65 goals in 182 games in all competitions with the Reds, winning among other trophies in the Premier League 2024-25 and two trophies in the UEFA Nations League with Portugal.
“The news of the death of Diogo Jota, an athlete who greatly honored the name of Portugal, and his brother is unexpected and tragic. I lie down my biggest condolences to their family. It is a sad day for football and for national and international sports,” said Prime Minister of Portugal Luis Montenegro in a statement published on social networks.
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