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Diogo Jota Laid To Rest In Funeral Service In Portugal As Liverpool Set To Reportedly Retire Number 20 Shirt And Pay Off Remainder Of His Two-Year Contract To Family

Somto IsaacBy Somto IsaacJuly 8, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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Ruben Neves carries the coffin out of the church alongside Jota’s wife, Rute Cardoso (photo credit: Reuters)
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Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva have been laid to rest in a funeral service which took place in Portugal on Saturday.

The pair tragically passed away in a car crash in the early hours of Thursday morning as they were traveling back to England when their tyre suffered a suspected blowout while overtaking another vehicle, causing them to veer off the road.

The accident happened days after Liverpool forward, Jota, married his childhood love Rute Cardoso, who has birthed three children.

The occurrence sent shockwaves through the footballing community, which was full of grief for a talent who was flying high for both club and country – as he won the Premier League with Liverpool this past season and the Nations League with Portugal last month.

According to Record, Liverpool have made the decision to pay the family of Jota the remaining two years of his existing contract.

The Merseyside outfit had previously announced that his number 20 shirt would be rightfully immortalized.

“And what cruelly has proved to be his final flourish in football saw Jota become a Premier League champion and a UEFA Nations League winner,” the club said in a statement released on social media.

“The No.20 will be rightly immortalised for his contributions as part of Liverpool’s 2024-25 title-winners – the club’s 20th – with his trademark shimmy and strike in front of the Kop to seal victory in April’s Merseyside derby a poignant last goal of his life.“…’To arrive at this particular season with the title that I’ve been chasing for a lot of years and in the best league in the world – for me where I dreamed to play as a kid – it’s a moment I will cherish forever,’…” Jota had said.

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