Premier League champion with Liverpool and a Nations League winner at Portugal, all before marrying his long-term partner, Rute, in a ceremony attended by their three children.

For Rute, their children and Jota's parents, who are also dealing with the death of younger sibling Andre, it is a fate that is incomprehensible.

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Even for a football club that is used to having the firm grip of grief to its throat, this one will feel different.

The outpouring of emotion from the great and the good of Liverpool FC and the wider footballing fraternity offer a peek behind the curtain as to how loved the 28-year-old was.

Those who dealt with him closer and more frequently speak of an intelligent, likable colleague who was always happy to give his time for whatever the cause; a player who treated princes and paupers all the same at Anfield.

Jota was more than happy to give back to supporters, recording a video of encouragement for the father of one of the victims of the Southport attack last year, as he prepared to run the London Marathon in his daughter's name.

For all the fame and stardom that comes when you are an international footballer at Liverpool, Jota always wore the demeanour of someone who was fully aware of how utterly privileged he was.

But for Diogo Jota, a different fate now awaits