Liverpool’s Diogo Jota reacts after being substituted throughout a match in opposition to Everton in Liverpool, Britain, on April 2, 2025. —ReutersFire dept says automobile crashed and burst into flames.Two males, aged 28 and 26, discovered useless, says fireplace dept.Jota helped Liverpool win Premier League final season.
Liverpool’s Portuguese ahead Diogo Jota, 28, died in a fiery automobile crash close to Zamora in northwestern Spain along with his brother, Spanish state-owned TV station mentioned on Thursday, citing native firefighters.
Police instructed Reuters every little thing pointed to that info being right, though they may not but formally affirm the names.
The regional fireplace division of Castille-Leon, the place Zamora is positioned, mentioned on its web site a automobile crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two males, aged 28 and 26, discovered useless.
Jota, who received married on June 28, helped Liverpool win the Premier League final season and likewise received the FA Cup and League Cup with the Merseyside outfit.
Jota arrived at Anfield from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2020 and scored 65 targets in 182 appearances for the membership in all competitions.
He additionally made 49 appearances for Portugal, twice successful the UEFA Nations League.
