Just two weeks ago, Diogo married his longtime partner Rute Cardoso in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by their three young children . His final Instagram post celebrated their special day with the caption:
A day we will never forget .
And now he’s no more , this is really a devastating blow to the sporting world, Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, aged 28, and his younger brother André Silva, aged 26, both tragically lost their lives early Thursday in a fiery car accident on Spain’s A‑52 near Zamora .
The pair were returning from time with family when a suspected tyre blow-out led to their Lamborghini veering off the road and catching fire 🔥 .
This Occurred around midnight on the A‑52 motorway, close to Palacios de Sanabria/Cernadill.
“We have lost two champions. Their deaths represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football, and we will do everything we can to honour their legacy every day,” the Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement.
May their souls rest in peace 🙏.
And we never encounter such a thing 🙏🙏.