Who Was Diogo Jota? The Liverpool Star Who Met With A Fatal Car Crash

Last Updated:July 03, 2025, 15:08 IST

The Premier League and UEFA Nations League winner was just 28 years of age at the time of his passing and had recently tied the knot with his partner Rute Cardoso.

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Portugal and Liverpool star Diogo Jota breathed his last on the 3rd of July 2025 as the footballer was pronounced dead following a horrendous car crash alongside his brother Andre in Zamora, Spain.

The Premier League and UEFA Nations League winner was just 28 years of age at the time of his passing and had recently tied the knot with his partner Rute Cardoso, who have three kids together, on the 22nd of June, weeks before his untimely demise.

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Jota began his youth career at Gondomar in 2005 before moving to Paços de Ferreira, where he made his senior debut in 2014. In 2016, he transferred to Atletico Madrid but was immediately loaned to Porto for a season and then to Wolves in 2017. He eventually made a permanent move to Molineux on the back of impressive performances for the English side.

His heroics at Wolves, which helped the side to the EFL Championship title, earned him a transfer to Premier League giants Liverpool in 2020.

With Liverpool, Jota won the Premier League, the FA Cup in the 2021-22 season, and the EFL League Cup. He was also part of the Portuguese team that won the UEFA Nations League in both the 2018/19 and 2024/25 seasons.

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Jota, named Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva at birth, chose the surname ‘Jota’ to distinguish himself from youth academy teammates with similar names, and was an avid gamer. He had his own eSports team Diogo Jota eSports, later renamed to Luna Galaxy and was ranked at the very top of the FIFA 21’s Championship table in February of that year.

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