Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Thursday, July 03, 2025, 12:18 / Updated Thursday, July 3, 2025 12:22
A terrible tragedy shook world football. His player Liverpool, Diogo Jota (28 years old)he died in a terrible road accident during his vacation in Spain.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, the 28 -year -old Portuguese died in the Zamora region of Spain. Diogo Jota left behind a wife, who married on June 22, and three children. He also left behind an impressive career, playing for a giants like Liverpool or Atletico Madrid.
Who was Diogo Jota » Impressive numbers at Liverpool and for Portugal national
Diogo Jota was born on December 4, 1996, in Porto, but not in this city began her ascension to top football, but through Pacos de Ferreira and Madrid, at Atletico. There he failed to impose himself, but everything changed when he arrived in the form of Porto, in the 2016-2017 season.
Then he came to the attention of the Top 5 championship teams with nine goals and took Wolverhampton's way, the team from England recognized for the promotion of the Portuguese. First, he scored 17 goals in Championship, in the form of a loan, and brought him back to Wolves in the Premier League, then continued.
In two seasons, it was completely imposed in the strongest league in the world, being useful in the offensive and powerful in pressing, aspects noted by Liverpool, who bought for 50 million euros in the summer of 2020.
On Anfield, in five seasons, he played 182 matches, scored 65 goals and offered 26 decisive passes, becoming one of the team's pillars, first under Jurgen Klopp, then under Arne Slot, although he often faced injuries. The Liverpool striker was recognized for the effort effort and the marker instinct.
He contributed to winning the Premier League, the Cup of England and the League Cup, and was part of the team that played the Champions League final. Also, Diogo Jota won two trophies Nations League in the Portugal T -shirt, the most recent this summer.
Diogo Jota has 49 matches for the national of Portugal and 14 goals scored. Jota debuted for the national team under the command of Fernando Santos in November 2019 during the period when the striker was raging at Wolves.
