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Diogo Jota, Liverpool Star The person who died last week with his brother in a car accident was travelling above speed limits, Spanish authorities said Tuesday.
Spanish Civil Security ForceThe investigation is still underway, but their beliefs believe Jota drives too fast and too fast in a Lamborghini before the tires burst, forcing the car off the track.
The investigation also led to the belief that Jota was driving. There were no indications from police about who was driving or Jota or Andre Silva.
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Liverpool’s Diogo Jota will celebrate his goals in an August 2021 Premier League match at Callow Road, Norwich. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
Lamborghini fell into flames on a Spanish highway near Zamora in northwestern Spain, killing his brother in a shocking tragedy soccer world. Jota was 28 years old and Silva was 25 years old.
The Liverpool players and the Portuguese national team attended the brothers’ funeral on Saturday.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dik carried Jota’s No. 20 with white flowers in the shape of a red flower in the shape of a soccer shirt. Another Liverpool teammate Andrew Robertson made a similar arrangement to Silva’s No. 30.
Many others in the football world, including Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandez and Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Ruben Diaz, attended funerals over the weekend.
“As you can imagine, these are really, really sad days,” Portugal’s national team coach Roberto Martinez said at the funeral. Via Fox Sports. “But today we have shown that we are a big, close family. …Their spirit will be with us forever.”
The location of a car accident in which Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother died on Thursday, July 3, 2025 in Zamora, northwest Spain. (Emilio Freire/AP Photo)
The brothers reportedly were heading to board boats from northern Spain to England.
“The Liverpool Football Club is devastated by the tragic passage of Diogojota,” the team said in a statement Thursday. “Liverpool FC has not commented any further at this time and is requesting the privacy of Diogo and Andre’s family, friends, teammates and club staff.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese team legend, also responded to the tragic news.
Center Liverpool’s Dio Gojota celebrates after scoring his second goal during an English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Leicester City at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England on Sunday, November 22, 2020. (John Super/AP Photo)
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“It makes no sense,” he said in an Instagram post. “Just now, we were together on the national team. You were just married. To your family, your wife and children, I send my pitiful dol and wish them all the power of the world.
Jota scored 47 goals in 123 appearances for Liverpool.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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