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Diogo Jota Funeral Updates as Liverpool FC Star Laid to Rest
- A joint funeral service for Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his sibling Andre Silva took place on July 5, 2025, at the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in Portugal.
- The brothers died in a car accident in northern Spain near Zamora on July 3, 2025, when their Lamborghini caught fire following a suspected tyre blowout.
- The funeral was attended by hundreds, including key Liverpool figures such as the team captain and his close teammate, various Portugal national team players, and manager Arne Slot, with entry to the ceremony restricted to family members and close friends.
- Liverpool manager Slot expressed his feelings first as a family member amid the profound shock, while Portugal Assembly President Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco described the news as a deeply distressing loss for sport both within Portugal and globally.
- The deaths prompted tributes across football, mourning in Gondomar, and Liverpool delaying player return to pre-season, highlighting the brothers’ significant impact beyond sport.
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The death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a traffic accident shocked millions of people around the world. This Saturday his funeral was held at the Matriz church in Gondomar, a Portuguese town where the striker lived with his family.The temple received hundreds of people, including Liverpool players, members of the Portuguese national team and European football figures, as well as relatives of the footballer and his wife, Rute Cardo…
Family members, friends, fans and personalities of the world of football fired this Saturday at a funeral in Gondomar, near Porto, to the Portuguese striker of Liverpool Diogo Jota, who died Thursday at the age of 28 in a traffic accident with his brother André.
Portugal teammate, EPL rival Bernardo Silva gives heartfelt message at Diogo Jota’s funeral
Bernardo Silva, a Portugal teammate of Diogo Jota and Manchester City star, called Jota’s tragic death “a very sad moment for all of us” and “he’ll remain in our hearts forever” in an interview before an emotional funeral in Portugal Saturday, according to ESPN.
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