From glory to grief: The life and loss of Diogo Jota

Liverpool's Diogo Jota celebrates with his family during a lap of honour at the end of the English Premier League match in 2022. The Portuguese striker died along with his brother on Thursday in a road accident in northwest Spain, the Spanish Civil Guard said.

Diogo Jota lifts the Premier League trophy at the end of the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, on May 25.

Diogo Jota with Kostas Tsimikas Ibrahima Konate and Luis Diaz celebrate with both trophies from an open-top bus during a parade on May 29.

Portuguese Football Federation expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Diogo and Andre Silva, as well as to Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where the players respectively played.

Jota, capped 49 times for Portugal and scored 14 goals, while winning the Uefa Nations League in 2019 and 2025, where they defeated Spain in the final last month.

Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota married his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three children, on June 22 and described himself as the luckiest man in the world in an interview released on Wednesday.

Diogo Jota's car went up in flames after veering off the road, killing the 28 year old and his brother Andre Silva, also a professional footballer, Zamora, in northwestern Spain, on Thursday.