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Liverpool's Diogo Jota dead in crash LIVE: Star dies weeks after wedding as national team'devastated'

Liverpool star Diogo Jota, 28, has tragically died in a car crash.

Marca reports the Portuguese forward died early this morning in a traffic accident in the province of Zamora.

The player reportedly died when the vehicle he was traveling in with his brother Andre, a 26-year-old professional footballer from Penafiel, went off the road, causing a fatal fire.

Jota married his long term partner Rute Cardoso on June 22 in Portugal.

The pair got together in 2013, it has been reported, and have three children together – two sons and a daughter who was born in November.

Jota frequently shared pictures of him and his family on his Instagram account, while his wife has posted images of their holidays in Dubai and Lapland.

They also have three pet beagles.

On Wednesday, Jota and Cardoso, 28, posted video footage of their wedding, with the caption: “A day we will never forget.”

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