Diogo Jota will be remembered for all the right reasons, both on and off the pitch.

Grief is the overriding emotion throughout the footballing community right now as the world continues to mourn the loss of Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

Anfield was Jota’s home for the past five years but it will now be his forever home, with the Portuguese star leaving an everlasting impression on the supporters who love him dearly.

If you ask the fans of any club he has played for, however, almost all will say the same thing about how he was an amazing footballer, but an even better human being.

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In fact, this is something he has been known for throughout his career, showing that fame never changed him, with the legacy he has left behind at his first club in Portugal acting as the best example of the type of person Jota was.

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Pacos de Ferreira is where Jota started his career in 2014, the place where he first pulled on a professional football shirt.

He may have only played 45 times for them, but the impact he had was immense, and he took them with him wherever he went.

As reported by The Athletic, the money that Pacos made from Jota’s transfer to Atletico Madrid, which was around £6m, helped change the trajectory of the small club forever, with the Portuguese side able to build a new stand with the windfall, which they named the ‘Diogo Jota stand.’

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Pacos’ long-serving technical secretary, Paulo Goncalves, also revealed that Jota would regularly come back to visit and he never forgot his roots, acting as the ‘godfather’ to many of the youth players.

“He was always in touch, always sending us messages.

Especially in difficult moments,” Goncalves told The Athletic.

Everyone associated with Pacos and Jota only had good things to say about him, with most quick to reference “his humanity and his heart” ahead of his footballing achievements.

Having your life taken away from you at just 28 is cruel and utterly unfair, although the impression he made in such a short period of time shows just how incredible Jota was.

Liverpool have decided to retire the number 20 shirt in his honour, the first time they have ever made this gesture in their entire history.

Tributes for Jota have poured in on social media too and they will likely never stop, with current and former teammates the most vocal.

Right from day one of his footballing career, the ‘lad from Portugal’ showed why he would go to the very top, and it is only right that he stays there and be remembered forever.