The tragic and sudden loss of life of one of many smartest footballers on the earth in recent times, Diogo Jota has thrown lots of people into tears and sorrow. His sudden loss of life got here virtually 2 weeks after he exchanged conjugal vows along with his long run accomplice and mom of his 3 kids, Rute Cardoso in North Portugal.
The Premier League and UEFA Champions League winner not solely displayed his expertise for the membership sides he performed for but additionally wore his nation’s nationwide group jersey with delight. Whereas followers proceed to pay tribute to the him and his brother, Softfootball takes a take a look at Jota’s nationwide group journey.
Jota within the U19s and U21s
Jota began his nationwide group profession at under-19 stage. He scored his first nationwide group objective on 29 Could 2015 in a 6–1 dwelling win over Turkey within the 2015 UEFA European Underneath-19 Championship qualification. After a promising U19 show, he gained referred to as to the under-21 group that very same 12 months at not but 19 and earned his first cap taking part in quarter-hour within the 3–0 away defeat of Israel in an U21 European qualifier. On 25 Could 2018, he netted a brace for the under-21s of their 3–2 pleasant win over Italy. And from there he was unstoppable within the nationwide group colors.
Jota within the senior group
After blistering performances at Wolverhampton Wanderers for 3 years, Diogo was referred to as as much as the senior facet for the primary time in March 2019, forward of the opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches towards Ukraine and Serbia. Though he didn’t get to play within the matches, he was nonetheless invited and a part of the squad that gained the 2019 UEFA Nations League trophy on dwelling soil in June. His debut would come later in November, the place he got here on as an 84th-minute substitute for Cristiano Ronaldo in a 6–0 win towards Lithuania in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier.
Shortly after becoming a member of Liverpool, he scored his first senior objective in September 2020 in a 4–1 dwelling win over Croatia within the UEFA Nations League. He would then go on to be named within the squad to play on the UEFA Euro 2020 scoring within the 4-2 loss to Germany within the group stage and taking part in until Portugal had been knocked out by Belgium.
Regardless of a formidable begin to the 2022/23 season for Liverpool, Jota would go on to overlook the 2022 FIFA World Cup resulting from a calf damage sustained throughout a league match towards Manchester Metropolis which finally dominated him out for nearly a 12 months.
Jota was a part of Portugal’s historic win as he scored a brace within the 9–0 dwelling defeat of Luxembourg within the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers in 2023, their largest win in worldwide historical past. Months later, he was named in Portugal’s squad for the ultimate match in Germany the place he made three appearances towards Czech Republic and Georgia within the group section and Slovenia within the knockout stage earlier than Portugal was eradicated from the match by France within the quarter-finals.
This 12 months, Jota was chosen in Portugal’s 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals squad and he would assist Portugal to win the Nations League for a second time by way of penalties over rivals Spain.
That recreation can be Diogo Jota’s remaining match as a footballer and he appeared 49 instances for Portugal, scoring 14 objectives and profitable 2 trophies.
Softfootball reported how Diogo Jota alongside his brother, Andrea Silva handed on this morning and there was a number of tributes to them on social media.
The Portuguese winger, aged 28, was concerned within the accident in Zamora, Spain, studies native media. The information comes simply two weeks after he married his long-term girlfriend
In line with Marca, the accident occurred on the A52, close to the municipality of Palacios de Sanabria, and the star was reportedly within the automotive along with his brother Andre when the automobile went off the highway
