05-07-2025
Photos Show Diogo Jota's Grief-Stricken Parents, Family Arriving at Wake
A series of heartbreaking photos have emerged showing the grief-stricken family of Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota, including his parents, arriving at his wake, along with figures from the sports community.
The parents of Jota are experiencing a double tragedy.
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The soccer star perished with his brother, Andre Silva, in Spain after their Lamborghini spun out and burst into flames, possibly after a tire blew out, per Spanish police. Speed may also be a factor, per CNN.
The Jota family includes his new wife, Rute Cardoso, who is the mother to his three kids; his father, Joaquim Silva; and his mom, Isabel Silva. Jota and Cardoso were married on June 22 after years together.
The wake was on July 4, but photos have also emerged of Cardoso and others at the July 5 funeral. They show his wife for the first time at his funeral.
Related: Photos Show Diogo Jota's Wife Rute Cardoso With His Coffin at Funeral
Now the family members are left to bury the two brothers, who were only 28 and 25 and who were both professional soccer players. Jota told BBC that his parents struggled financially so he could reach his soccer dreams.
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"I will never pay them back, but obviously I will try to do that," he said, adding that he learned to "never give up."
Portuguese football agent Jorge Mendes (R) accompanies the mother of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and Penafiel player Andre Silva as they leave the funeral home in Puebla de Sanabria, in the northwestern Spanish province of Zamora, where the footballers' bodies were taken following their fatal car accident on July 3, to Daily Mail, Jota's funeral will start on July 4 in Portugal. It will unfold over two days, Daily Mail noted.
The bodies of the brothers arrived at the church after being "repatriated to Portugal after being identified by the family," ABC News reported.
Pedro Proenca, President of the Portuguese Football Federation, arrives at a public wake held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Capela da Ressurreicao on July 04, 2025 in Gondomar, Portugal. Diogo Jota was a professional football player for Liverpool FC and the Portuguese national team, while Andre Silva played for FC Penafiel in Portugal's second publication noted that the "wake will take place at Sao Cosme Chapel before the funeral mass on Saturday morning at the Catholic church next door."
CNN reported that the wake for Jota and André Silva's family began on Friday morning, July 4, "at a church in the brothers' hometown of Gondomar, near Porto."
The grandfather of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva is comforted outside the funeral chapel and wake for Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 4, church, Igreja Martiz de Gondomar, "will open to the public on Friday afternoon," CNN reported. The funeral starts at 10 a.m. on July 5, which is 5 a.m. ET in the United States, according to CNN.
The mother (C) of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, gets into a car next to football agent Jorge Mendes (R), outside the wake for her sons in Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 4, Silva knows the family and told the Guardian that Jota's father's "discipline and humility were passed down to both sons."
'They're such good people. Always generous, always willing to help. It's like I always say: the good ones go, and the rest stay. Diogo was a great student, from a family of footballers. His uncle Jorge was also talented – though with a bit of a temper," he told the Guardian.
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Photos Show Diogo Jota's Grief-Stricken Parents, Family Arriving at Wake first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 4, 2025
