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The Guardian
05-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Liverpool players join mourners in Portugal for Diogo Jota's funeral
Liverpool players and staff joined the family and friends of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva for their funeral in the siblings' hometown of Gondomar. The funeral came after a public wake on Friday at the Capela da Ressurreição in Gondomar, attended by the Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the prime minister, Luís Montenegro. Jota and Silva died in the early hours of Thursday morning after their car left the road and burst into flames in Zamora, north-west Spain, while driving towards Santander to catch a ferry back to England.
The Independent
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Diogo Jota funeral: Family and former teammates pay their respects
The funeral for Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who died in a car crash in Spain, was held in Gondomar, Portugal. The service was attended by Jota's family, Liverpool manager Arne Slot, captain Virgil Van Dijk, and numerous teammates. Prominent figures from Portuguese football, including national team-mates like Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva, along with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, were also present. Jota and Silva died early on Thursday morning when the Lamborghini they were travelling in crashed and burst into flames on the A-52 in Spain, with a suspected tyre blowout and speeding under investigation. Liverpool Football Club postponed pre-season activities and lowered flags to half-mast at Anfield as a mark of respect for Jota and his brother.
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Mourners gather ahead of Diogo Jota's funeral in Portugal
Update: Date: 08:13 BST Title: A brief look at Diogo Jota's football career Content: Diogo Jota reached the pinnacle of his football career for both club and country this season, winning the Premier League title with Liverpool and helping Portugal to victory in the final of the Uefa Nations League. He began his career with Portuguese side Pacos de Ferreira and joined Atletico Madrid in 2016. Jota had successful loan spells with both Porto and Wolves, helping the latter earn promotion to the Premier League in 2018 before making his move to Molineux a permanent one that summer. After two years in the West Midlands, the forward transferred to Liverpool in a move worth an initial £41m and went on to score 65 goals in 182 appearances during five seasons at Anfield. His honours with the Reds also included one FA Cup (2022) and two EFL Cup (2022 & 2024) winners medals. Internationally, Jota scored 14 goals in 49 appearances for Portugal. Update: Date: 08:04 BST Title: Mourners paid respects yesterday at wake in brothers' hometown Content: Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in Gondomar on Friday Family and friends of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva held a private gathering at the Chapel of the Resurrection in Gondomar, the brothers' hometown in Portugal, yesterday. The event turned into a public gathering, with people queuing up outside to pay their respects. Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, senior Liverpool Football Club officials, and well-known football figures, including Portugal and Manchester United player Diogo Dalot, former Liverpool player Fabinho, and Portugal and RB Leipzig player Andre Silva, attended the wake. Update: Date: 08:01 BST Title: A quiet sunrise as mourners prepare to gather for funeral Content: Sofia Ferreira SantosReporting from Porto The sun has risen here in Porto, Portugal, about a 10-minute drive away from where the funeral of Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, will take place later this morning. Though at the moment all I can hear are birds and the odd car driving by, I expect that will change in the coming hours as the brothers' family, friends and fans pay their last respects. We expect the funeral to begin at 10:00 BST.
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Family and football unite to bid Diogo Jota farewell
Players pay tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother at the Club World Cup on Friday in Orlando (Paul ELLIS) Close family and friends and stars of the world of football will gather Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother 48 hours after the siblings' car crash. Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle veered off a motorway in northwestern Spain and became engulfed in flames, a week after the Portugal forward had got married. Advertisement The funeral, which begins at 0900 GMT, is being held in his hometown of Gondomar, near Porto. The service will be conducted by the bishop of Porto, local media report. On Friday hundreds attended a wake for the brothers. Among those who came to offer their condolences were a childhood friend, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Jota's agent Jorge Mendes and Porto club president Andre Villas-Boas. "Football is truly in mourning. Diogo was an icon of the talent Portuguese football represents," said football federation chief Pedro Proenca. Close family and friends including the parents paid their respects at Friday's wake first, with the grandfather propped up by two others to help him enter the chapel. Advertisement - 'Rest in peace' - Mourners arrived carrying wreaths of flowers, some sobbing audibly, before the wake was opened to members of the public. The death of the Portugal international and his brother has triggered an outpouring of emotion in football, and beyond. Liverpool opened a book of condolences and lowered flags to half-mast, with dozens of supporters laying a sea of flowers, balloons, Jota shirts, and scarves with the message "Rest in peace Diogo Jota", outside Anfield. At the Diogo Jota football academy, close to Gondomar SC where the ex-Porto and Atletico Madrid player took his first steps in the game, well-wishers created a memorial with flowers, scarves, candles and shirts. Advertisement "Thank you, Diogo Jota," read a child's handwritten message. Pedro Neves, who was friends with Jota at school in Gondomar, said he "will remember him as someone who was very friendly, very courteous, who loved everyone, who always had a smile on his face". "He left us too young, it's not fair. But that's how life is sometimes," Neves, 31, told AFP. Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who brought Jota to the Reds in 2020, has said he was "heartbroken" while the club spoke of an "unimaginable loss". Klopp's successor at Anfield, Arne Slot, said everyone associated with the club owed it to Jota to "stand together and be there for one another". Advertisement Jota was remembered at the Club World Cup in the United States on Friday, with a one-minute silence held at the quarter-final between Brazil's Fluminense and Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Orlando. Portuguese and UK media reported Jota was driving to the northern Spanish port of Santander to take a ferry to England where Liverpool were due to start training on Friday, avoiding a flight on medical advice after a recent lung operation. Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah said the death of his teammate had left him "frightened" to return to the club as the Premier League champions postponed the return of some players for pre-season training. Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso on June 22, posting a video of their wedding on Instagram just hours before the accident. They had three children. bur-tsc/mdm/nr/mw
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Family and football unite to bid Diogo Jota farewell
Players pay tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother at the Club World Cup on Friday in Orlando (Paul ELLIS) Close family and friends and stars of the world of football will gather Saturday for the funeral of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother 48 hours after the siblings' car crash. Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, were killed on Thursday after their vehicle veered off a motorway in northwestern Spain and became engulfed in flames, a week after the Portugal forward had got married. Advertisement The funeral, which begins at 0900 GMT, is being held in his hometown of Gondomar, near Porto. The service will be conducted by the bishop of Porto, local media report. On Friday hundreds attended a wake for the brothers. Among those who came to offer their condolences were a childhood friend, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Jota's agent Jorge Mendes and Porto club president Andre Villas-Boas. "Football is truly in mourning. Diogo was an icon of the talent Portuguese football represents," said football federation chief Pedro Proenca. Close family and friends including the parents paid their respects at Friday's wake first, with the grandfather propped up by two others to help him enter the chapel. Advertisement - 'Rest in peace' - Mourners arrived carrying wreaths of flowers, some sobbing audibly, before the wake was opened to members of the public. The death of the Portugal international and his brother has triggered an outpouring of emotion in football, and beyond. Liverpool opened a book of condolences and lowered flags to half-mast, with dozens of supporters laying a sea of flowers, balloons, Jota shirts, and scarves with the message "Rest in peace Diogo Jota", outside Anfield. At the Diogo Jota football academy, close to Gondomar SC where the ex-Porto and Atletico Madrid player took his first steps in the game, well-wishers created a memorial with flowers, scarves, candles and shirts. Advertisement "Thank you, Diogo Jota," read a child's handwritten message. Pedro Neves, who was friends with Jota at school in Gondomar, said he "will remember him as someone who was very friendly, very courteous, who loved everyone, who always had a smile on his face". "He left us too young, it's not fair. But that's how life is sometimes," Neves, 31, told AFP. Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who brought Jota to the Reds in 2020, has said he was "heartbroken" while the club spoke of an "unimaginable loss". Klopp's successor at Anfield, Arne Slot, said everyone associated with the club owed it to Jota to "stand together and be there for one another". Advertisement Jota was remembered at the Club World Cup in the United States on Friday, with a one-minute silence held at the quarter-final between Brazil's Fluminense and Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal in Orlando. Portuguese and UK media reported Jota was driving to the northern Spanish port of Santander to take a ferry to England where Liverpool were due to start training on Friday, avoiding a flight on medical advice after a recent lung operation. Liverpool's Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah said the death of his teammate had left him "frightened" to return to the club as the Premier League champions postponed the return of some players for pre-season training. Jota had married his partner Rute Cardoso on June 22, posting a video of their wedding on Instagram just hours before the accident. They had three children. bur-tsc/mdm/nr/mw
