Liverpool's Diogo Jota's final social media post hours ago
The agency has also reported his brother, Andre, was also killed in the crash early on Thursday morning (July 3) on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria.
Sky News adds the incident happened at around 12.40am local time.
Diogo, who signed for Liverpool in September 2020 after making a move from Wolverhampton Wanderers for more than £40 million, got married 10 days ago to his partner Rute Cardoso - the couple have three children.
Following pictures from the wedding day uploaded to his Instagram profile a few days ago, Diogo's last social media post was only 19 hours ago.
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota's final Instagram post
He shared his wedding video to his 2.5 million followers along with the caption: 'A day we will never forget.'
The video showed the couple getting ready for the big day before partying with friends and family.
At the start of the footage, a voiceover says: 'Dear Rute, dear Diogo, today is a day that will mark your lives for the rest of your days…'
Among the thousands of comments under Diogo's final post, one fan wrote: 'tell me it's not true, if can't not be really, oh jota we Will miss you.'
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Another added: 'Please tell me this is not real, Jota.'
A third put: 'Rest in peace. Football fans gonna miss u. Shocking Day to out [our] culture.'
One heartbroken follower shared: 'Heartbroken. sending all my love and prayers to Jota's parents, wife and beautiful babies. What an absolute legend both on and off the pitch. So so sorry.'
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