By Shane Croucher
The Liverpool FC star Diogo Jota has died in a car accident in Spain along with his brother.Spain’s Guardia Civil has confirmed the pair’s deaths. Local fire officials in Zamora, Spain, had earlier said two men aged 28 and 26 died in a car crash after their vehicle caught fire when it left the road.
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Jota, who also plays for his native Portugal, was recently married to Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three young children.His younger brother, Andr茅 Silva, was also a professional soccer player for the Portuguese side Penafiel.Portuguese Prime Minister Lu铆s Montenegro paid tribute to Jota and Silva in a post on X.Montenegro said Jota “greatly honored Portugal’s name” as an athlete, and called the deaths of the two soccer players “unexpected and tragic”.”I extend my deepest condolences to their family. It is a sad day for football and for national and international sports,” Montenegro said.Jota won the English Premier League title for the 2024/25 season with Liverpool and the UEFA Nations League with Portugal in June.This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.