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Soccer player Diogo Jota spent his final hours and days with no clue that they were about to be his last.
And now a new report in the Portuguese-language site Record details how he spent those final moments before perishing with his brother, Andre Silva, in the crash along a Spanish roadway.
Jota and his wife Rute Cardoso attended a friend's wedding over the weekend, Record reported. The site published a final photo of Jota and his wife looking happy at the wedding.
According to Record, Jota and his brother were heading to Liverpool, "following by car trip to Santander (Spain) from where he would follow by ferry to the south of England and then to Liverpool."
The day before the tragedy, just hours before he would die, Jota had a final lunch with his new wife, whom he married on June 22, according to Record. They lunched in Leça da Palmeira, the site reported. Their three kids were along, the site noted.
The Friday before his July 3 death, Jota and his wife were at "the wedding of José Sá and Raquel Jacob," the site noted.
The site noted that the Liverpool club is starting its pre-season in less than a week and added that Diogo Jota "was advised to travel by car and not by plane to avoid cabin pressure due to a lung issue to which he had recently operated."
ZAMORA, SPAIN - JULY 3: General view of the crash site where Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva lost their lives, showing the wreckage of the Lamborghini Huracan at kilometre 65 of the A-52, near the town of Cernadilla, close to Zamora, Spain. The car crash occurred just after midnight on July 3, 2025. Spanish authorities said the vehicle left the road and caught fire upon impact. Both Jota and his brother were killed. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images) Octavio Passos/Getty Images Octavio Passos/Getty Images
The Associated Press also cited Portuguese media in reporting that Jota "was headed to the northern city of Santander to take a ferry to England after being advised not to fly following a recent lung procedure." However, the AP noted that the reports could not be "immediately confirmed."
The fatal car ride ended with a blown tire, according to Spanish police, which sent the luxury automobile hurtling and then bursting into flames.
Jota, 28, and his brother, 25, died at the scene. Jota's brother was also a professional soccer player. They were the only two people in the car.
Diogo Jota's Final Hours & Destination Revealed first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 3, 2025
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