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Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson, football players for Liverpool FC, carry floral tributes which read "20" and "30" as they arrive with teammates at a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar on July 05, 2025 in Gondomar, Portugal.

Diogo Jota was a professional football player for Liverpool FC and the Portuguese national team, while Andre Silva played for FC Penafiel in Portugal's second tier.

The brothers died in a car accident in the province of Zamora, Spain, on July 3 (Image: Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

Liverpool FC and international players, as well as member of the football community from around the globe paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota and Andre Silva at a funeral service today.



Jota, 28, was travelling with his brother, Andre Silva, in the Zamora region of Sanabria, Spain when the tragedy occurred on Thursday, July 3.

The brothers were laid to rest today, July 5, at Matriz de Gondomar church in their hometown, just 7km east of Porto.



Igreja Matriz de Gondomar (the Mother Church of Gondomar) (Image: Phil Harris/Daily Mirror)1 of 40Public mourners gather at the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva being held at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in the town of Gondomar near Porto (Image: PA Wire)2 of 40A fan holds up a Liverpool shirt (Image: Liverpool ECHO)3 of 40Public mourners gather at the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva being held at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in the town of Gondomar near Porto (Image: PA Wire)4 of 40Porto FC President Andre Villas-Boas arrives at the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva 5 of 40Ricardo Carvalho, former football player and assistant coach of the Portugal National Team (right) arrives at a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar (Image: Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)6 of 40Manchester City and Portugal player Bernardo Silva arrives at the funeral 7 of 40Pedro Proenca, President of the Portuguese Football Federation (Image: Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)8 of 40Liverpool's Joe Gomez and Arne Slot arrive at the funeral of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva being held at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar (Image: PA Wire)9 of 40Manchester City and Portugal player Ruben Dias (Image: PA Wire)10 of 40
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