wedding just two weeks before tragedy

Jota joined Wolves in 2017, his goals helping to lead them from the Championship into Europe, before leaving for Liverpool – where he recently won the Premier League title. Tributes have started to pour in from across the sporting world amid news that Portugal international and his younger brother both sadly died after their car suffered a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle in Zamora, near Spain’s north-west border with Portugal .

Rute Cardoso is the 28-year-old wife of the late Liverpool star, Diogo Jota. The pair were understood to be childhood sweethearts who attended the same school when they were younger before becoming a couple.

July 3, 2025 | 5:33 pm