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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Mason

HISTORICAL FACTS: Diogo jota obituary - The Untold Story

Diogo Jota celebrates scoring Liverpool’s winning goal against derby rivals Everton in April 2025.
Diogo Jota celebrates scoring Liverpool’s winning goal against derby rivals Everton in April 2025. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

The Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota, who has died aged 28 in a car accident in Spain, won the Premier League title, the FA Cup and the League Cup with Liverpool, with whom he played from 2020 until his death. A two-time winner of the Nations League with Portugal, he also claimed a Championship title with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018, having arrived in England the previous year.

Playing up front and on the left wing, Jota was a versatile, exciting player whose pace, dribbling skills, intelligent movement and composure in front of goal allowed him to score more than 100 times in 300 appearances for his various teams, which also included Porto.

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