Liverpool -star Diogo Jota died at the age of 28 after his Lamborghini had made a road in the north of Spain -only two weeks after he married his youth loved one.
The Portuguese attacker traveled in the superCar with his fellow footballer Broeder Andre, 26, who also died in the crash.
The band of the Lamborghini is supposed to have been blown out during the catching up of the A-52 about 70 miles west of the historic city of Valladolid. The car came off the road, rolled and burst into flames in the early hours of this morning.
Jota was just married to Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three children, and described himself as the happiest man in the world to be her husband.
The incident took place on the A-52 in the province of Zamora. The road in Spain is an important route from drivers who leave Noord -Portugal.
Emergency services in the Castilla and Leon region confirmed the crash and two fatalities on Thursday morning around 12.35.
‘The 1-1-2 Castilla y León Operations Room received various calls in which a vehicle accident was reported at KM. 65 of the A-52, in the municipality of Cernadilla, Zamora. It was reported that a car was involved in an accident and the vehicle was on fire, “read a statement.
‘1-1-2 informed the Zamora Traffic Police, the Zamora Provincial Council Fire Brigade and the Sacyl Emergency Coordination Center (CCU) of this accident.
Diogo Jota was married to his childhood love Rute Cardoso, the mother of his three children in the last two weeks. Here they are depicted on their wedding day
Jota described himself as the happiest man in the world in an interview that was released yesterday after the couple walked through the aisle in Portugal
The couple has three children, depicted on the Anfield field in May after winning the Premier League
Diogo’s brother Andre, 26, was also a football player and died in the crash
“From there, a medical emergency unit (UME) and the medical staff of first -line care (MAP) of the Mombuey Health Center were sent, which confirmed the death of two people on the spot.”
The tragic news comes only two weeks after Jota married his long -term girlfriend Rute Cardoso in Porto, his hometown.
The Portuguese national football team has said that they have been ‘destroyed’ by the death of Liverpool Vooruit Diogo, that he was ‘not only a fantastic player with almost 50 caps for the national team, but also an extraordinary person who was respected by all his teammates and opponents’.
His death was confirmed by Pedro Proenca, head of the Portuguese football federation.
He said in a statement: ‘The Portuguese football federation and all of Portuguese football were completely destroyed by the death of Diogo Jota and André Silva, this morning, in Spain.
‘Much more than a great player, with nearly 50 internationalizations for the National A -Team, Diogo Jota was an extraordinary person, respected by all teammates and opponents, someone with an infectious joy and a reference in the community itself.
Diogo with his wife Rute and two of their children
The couple came together in 2012, when they were teenagers
Jota moved from Wolves to Liverpool
‘On behalf of me, and on behalf of the Portuguese football federation, I express my deepest participation in the family and friends of Diogo and André Silva, as well as Liverpool FC and FC Penafiel, the clubs where the players were respectively.
‘The Portuguese football federation has already asked a minute of silence this Thursday for a minute of silence, before the match of our national team with Spain, in the European Championship for Women.
‘Lost from two champions. The disappearance of Diogo and Andre Silva represent irreparable losses for Portuguese football and we will do everything to honor their estate every day ‘.
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