- Diogo Jota, a 28-year-old Portuguese footballer from Liverpool, has died in a road accident in the province of Zamora. The accident occurred at kilometer 65 of the A-52, at the height of the Zamorana region of Sanabria.
The Liverpool player died when the vehicle in which he was travelling with his 26-year-old brother Andre, also a professional footballer, from Penafiel, ran off the road and caught fire.
According to witnesses who alerted 112, the car was engulfed in flames, which also spread to nearby vegetation.
Liverpool player, formerly of Atletico
Diogo Jota, 28, joined Liverpool in 2020 from Wolverhampton for 44.7 million euros. Since then, he has played 182 games for the Reds, scoring 65 goals and providing 26 assists. In that 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).
The Portuguese international had a brief spell at Atletico. The Rojiblancos signed him from Pacos Ferreira in 2016 for 7 million euros. He scored in a friendly against Crotone (0-2), but did not make his official debut. That same summer he went on loan to Porto, before going on loan to Wolverhampton before leaving permanently in 2018 for 14 million euros
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