The death of Diogo Jota is not primarily a football tragedy. He was a husband, married just two weeks ago with joyous images posted on social media that now ache with sadness. He was a father to three children and a son to parents and all must grow old and older with this devastation as a permanent mark.
As such, this has to be a football tragedy too. This, after all, is how we came to know Jota’s name and his brilliance. He came to England as a prodigious, slightly scrawny young man, not to a superclub but to the Championship and to Wolves, a Portuguese enclave. He was able to develop and, quite frankly, often take the p*ss with how good he was for that level. Promotion to the Premier League came after just one season with him as Wolves’ top scorer.
Jota began his career in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2017 (Photo: Getty)There is sadness when we lose anyone who entertained and enthralled us; we remember them with silence or applause before our matches. But to lose a footballer in the prime of their life and their career hurts us most because we tend to see sporting heroes as immortal on some level, somehow separated from normal life.
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I find myself questioning my own mentality around footballers, particularly as I get older and the new crop of elite players stay the same age. Do we treat these players as human beings enough? Why does it take moments such as these, when our stomachs have been punched, to ponder all this?
The tragic irony: Jota had enjoyed the best days of his life so soon before his passing. He had won the Premier League with Liverpool and the Nations League with Portugal. He had been with Rute for a decade before their wedding. Underneath a post by his new wife, Jota posted five words: “I am the lucky one”.
www.instagram.com/p/DLbH_weojpkAfter their wedding ceremony, Diogo Jota and Rute Cardoso posted a joint message with a simple caption: “June 22, 2025. Yes to forever.”
Reading those words now makes me feel quite sick and I suspect the same is true for us all. Forget the noise of football for a while. Go and hug someone close to you. Avoid needing terrible, tragic news to put life into perspective. Rest in peace, Diogo Jota and Andre Silva.
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