Ruta died in a car accident - originally, it was an extremely beautiful summer

Written by Hanbing July 3, 2025 is a sad day for world football - at 0:35 am Spanish time, Liverpool's Portuguese winger Diogo Jota drove a Lamborghini Urus and exploded when overtaking along the A52 expressway in Zamora Province. The vehicle rushed out of the lane and caused a fire. 28-year-old Jota and his 26-year-old brother Andre, who was in the same car, unfortunately died. After the tragedy of

, the world football world was shocked. Many stars, clubs, Portuguese Football Association, UEFA and FIFA are well-known to fans and have mourned the Jota brothers. The team logo of the Portuguese Football Association's social media account has turned black. The homepage of Liverpool's official website only retains Jota's photos and information commemorating the tragedy of Heisel and Hillsborough. Liverpool Club and Liverpool City Hall both lowered the flag to mourn at half a flag.

FIFA President Infantino and British Prime Minister Stamer condolences to Jota and expressed condolences. UEFA quickly decided to make four European Women's Football Cup group matches on July 3 and 4, and arranged a silence ceremony to mourn the Jota brothers before the game.

After Jota's accidental death, many fans of Liverpool's arch rival Everton went to the Anfield Stadium to offer flowers. The clubs that Jota has played for and even fans of the opponent teams he has played against have paid tribute. At this moment, there is no longer any dispute or confrontation, only tribute and nostalgia. British media revealed that Liverpool officials are considering what official form to commemorate Jota and help his family, but everything will be done until the Jota brothers are buried.

Jota is the third well-known star to die in a traffic accident after Sara and Reyes in 2019. Sarah died in a private plane crash when she flew from France to the UK to sign with Cardiff; Reyes, who once played for Arsenal, died in a car accident like the Jota brothers. Portuguese media revealed that Jota, who had just had a lung surgery, accepted the doctor's advice and did not fly back to Liverpool, but drove from northern Portugal and arrived in the UK by ferry from Santander in northern Spain. Unexpectedly, the ferry that was originally scheduled to depart at 17 pm on the 3rd and never waited for them.

Jota was originally extremely beautiful this summer - he won the most important Premier League trophy in his club career in May; he won the second European League trophy in June; he married his girlfriend Rut Cardozo, who has been in love for 12 years and has three children. Ten years ago, the two posted a photo of a group photo on their INS account to publicize their relationship. They have always been happy to share their happy moments in their family. The day before the tragedy, Jota's bride also shared more wedding photos on her social media account and wrote: My dream has come true. Jota replied in the comment: I am the lucky one.

Diogo José's real name is Diogo José, and his childhood jersey back name is the abbreviation (Diogo J). But soon the teammates began to call him Jota, which is the 10th letter pronunciation of Portuguese, because they often only see Jota's back after breaking through with a No. 10 jersey. Jota's father's surname is Silva, which is the most common surname in Portugal. He immediately chose Jota as his occupation name to show his personality. However, Andre, the younger brother of both a professional player, inherited his father's surname Silva. Among the institutions paid tribute to the official social media, there is EA SPORTS FC, because Jota is also an influential esports celebrity. The Liverpool winger has a little-known and hard to repeat: in the 2022 season, he is the only professional player in the world to participate in the Champions League in both reality and video games. Jota is one of the top football e-sports game registered players in Europe. In addition to participating in the Champions League in person on the court, he can also participate in the electronic Champions League on Play Station 5.

In February 2021, Jota transferred from Wolves to Liverpool. During his injury, he won 30 unbeaten records in the FIFA Ultimate Team in the e-sports field and topped the FUT championship rankings. Jota formed his own e-sports team (Diogo Jota Esports), and in 2023, it cooperated with the gaming company Galaxy Racer, which renamed Luna Galaxy. Luna's name comes from one of his beloved three beagles.

In September of that year, the new game EA SPORTS FC was released. Players who are real professional players can apply for special "blue cards". When the game is played, the player will know that the opponent is a professional player when he sees the blue card. When playing the game, Jota tried to avoid using his own goals, but instead deployed the game characters in the midfield - for the 10 years of Gondomar and Ferreira youth training camps, Jota had been playing as a midfielder rather than a striker. He believes that playing in the midfield will help improve tactical understanding, and similarly, upgrading the e-sports version can also improve his ability to interpret real-life games.

But, it is heartbreaking that starting from July 3, 2025, the Luna Galaxy Esports team no longer has their boss - the player with the account name Diogojota18.