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Former teammates carry the coffins during the funerals of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Mother Church of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 5, 2025.

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Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva have been laid to rest at a service in Portugal on Saturday morning.

A funeral took place for the Liverpool striker and his younger sibling at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar (the Mother Church of Gondomar) at 10am and was attended by a large contingent from the club, including captain Virgil van Dijk, Andy Roberson and Darwin Nunez.

Alexis Mac Allister, Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley were also three more who were present alongside Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and head coach Arne Slot.

Sporting director Richard Hughes and CEO of football Michael Edwards were in attendance.

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Robertson, a close friend of Jota, and Van Dijk were seen carrying floral tributes to the club's No.20 and his 25-year-old brother shortly before the service got underway.

The Reds players were joined by former colleagues Caoimhin Kelleher, Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Fabinho, who at Friday's wake alongside Manchester City duo Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias, who were Portugal international colleagues of Jota.

Rute Cardoso, who married her long-term partner less than two weeks ago, was in attendance with their three children and the two players' parents Joaquim and Isabel Silva.

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Thiago Alcantara, who joined the club at the same time as Jota, in September 2020, was at the service with his wife, Julia.

Hundreds more gathered to pay their respects to the popular forward and his bother, who played for second-tier side Penafiel, and while only family and friends were permitted inside the church on the day, a livestream of the service was available for the public.

Jose Manuel Macedo, parish priest at Igreja Matriz, said in the eulogy: "Our faith in God is going to give a new life to these two deceased young men.

May Jesus comfort you with faith and hope."

Arne Slot arrives with players and coaching staff at a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar on July 05, 2025 in Gondomar(Image: Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

The hour-long service came to an end with the hymn Ave Maria as well-wishers congregated outside the church to pay their final tributes to the brothers.

A more private service for the family was then held after the 10am service.

Al-Hilal pair Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo, who were visibly distraught during a minute's silence for Jota at their Club World Cup clash with Brazil side Fluminense on Friday evening, were also at the service, despite playing in the United States a little over 12 hours earlier.

Liverpool were represented at Friday's wake by their sporting director Hughes and his assistant, David Woodfine, while a delegation from Fenway Sports Group were also present, including Edwards and technical directors Julian Ward and Pedro Marques.

The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luis Montenegro both attended as the country continued to come to terms with the loss of a national hero who played an important role in the Seleccao's UEFA Nations League triumph last month.

The wake, which was held at Capelas da Ressurreicao (Chapels of the Resurrection) church, in the Fontainhas neighborhood, was visited by former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur boss Andre Villas-Boas, Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot and Joao Moutinho, who played with Jota during their time at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Jota and his brother were repatriated on Thursday evening across the Iberian border after their bodies were released from the Institute of Legal Medicine in Zamora.

Their fatal car accident occured in northern Spain shortly after midnight on July 3.

The incident happened on the A52, known as Palacios de Sanabria, near the city of Zamora, and was reportedly the result of a burst tyre as Jota and Andre Silva were making their way towards a ferry that was bound for the UK ahead of a return to pre-season training.

According to claims in Portugal, Jota was travelling back to England via sea after being told not to fly after an operation on a collapsed lung.

Dr Miguel Goncalves, who said to have worked with Jota to correct the lung issue, told Record in Portugal: "I said goodbye to him and his brother, Andre, at around 8.30pm (on July 3)

"His brother was a great companion and decided to go with him, to accompany him on the trip, and that way they would also spend more time together.
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