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Jul 5, 2025, 06:07 AM ET

Family, friends and teammates, past and present, gathered to pay their respects to Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, whose funerals were held in Gondomar, Portugal, on Saturday morning.

Jota, who was 28, and André, who was 25, were killed in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, in the early hours of Thursday.

The coffins of Diogo Jota and André Silva are carried by family, former teammates and friends into the church. Octavio Passos/Getty Images

Current and former Liverpool teammates, including club captain Virgil Van Dijk and manager Arne Slot, carried two red floral tributes into the chapel, each in the shape of a shirt.

The one carried by Van Dijk had the No.

30, which was worn by Jota's brother, who played for FC Peñafiel in Portugal's second division.

Dressed in black and with their heads bowed, the teammates entered the church in silence.

The only sound was the applause from the crowd outside.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot steps out of the church after the funeral ceremony. Filipe Amorim/AFP via Getty Images

Rute Cardoso, who married her childhood sweetheart Jota only weeks before the fatal crash, arrived with relatives.

Portugal teammates Bruno Fernandes, João Cancelo, Renato Veiga, João Félix, José Fonte, Danilo, Adrien Silva were also present.

Bernardo Silva was seen carrying flowers as he entered the church.

The Liverpool team delegation also arrived.

Hundreds of residents of Gondomar, a small town in northern Portugal where Jota grew up, gathered outside.

The private service for family and close friends was presided over by the Bishop of Porto, Manuel Linda.

In an emotional homily addressed to Jota's parents, his wife and their three young children, Linda said "solidarity in love is always stronger than death."

Penafiel players carried André's coffin into the church.

Jota's wife was consoled by family as she followed the coffins.

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva arrives for the funerals. Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images

"I can't even imagine the pain of the family, of Rute, of the children, of the parents," Silva told TVI before the funeral, in quotes reported by Record.

It's a family that will always be with us and that we will try to preserve."

Jota and Rute had married in Porto on June 22 after knowing each other since they were children.

Diogo Jota's wife, Rute Cardoso (center, at right), and her sister react as former teammates carry the coffin. Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images

Manuel Linda shared a special message for Jota's three young children, who did not attend the service.

He said: "Dear Dinis, Mafalda and Duarte, children who are not here.
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