Who was Diogo Jota, the Liverpool striker who died at 28 in a car accident: he had been married for 10 days

Tragedy in the night , a road accident in Spain costs the life of Diogo Jota , the 28-year-old Portuguese striker for Liverpool and his national team. Jota had just got married , he leaves behind a wife and three children . Also losing his life in the crash was his brother Andrè , who was also a footballer. According to the reconstruction of the local media, the vehicle in which the two brothers were traveling went off the road around 1.30 in the morning at kilometer 65 of the A-52, at the height of Cernadilla, a small town on the border between Spain and Portugal. After skidding, the car caught fire , leaving no escape for the two. His natural and preferred role was that of left , but he was often used as first or second striker , thus being able to vary across the entire offensive front.

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Diogo Jota would have turned 29 in December , born in Massarelos, a fraction of Porto in Portugal, he made his debut with Pacos Ferreira, then a brief stint at Atletico Madrid before moving to Porto in the 2016-2017 season, his 27 appearances with 8 goals to his name took him to the Premier League . Three seasons with Wolverhampton and then his consecration with Liverpool . With the Reds shirt in five seasons he played 117 games also scoring 47 goals. With his Portuguese national team he played 49 games and scored 14 goals.

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