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Diogo Jota's funeral was held on July 5, and heartbreaking images emerged of his emotional wife Rute Cardosa with the coffin.
One photo showed Cardoso, who married Jota just 11 days before he died in a fiery crash with his brother, leaning on the arm of Roben Neves, a football player for Alhilal Saudi Club and the Portugul National Team, as he helped carry Jota's coffin. She placed her head toward on the coffin.
The funeral photos come after photos emerged of Jota's grief-stricken parents at his wake. They show Cardoso, who was Jota's high school sweetheart and the mother of his three kids, breaking down as she was comforted by her sister at his casket.
Diogo Jota's wife Rute Cardoso (C,R) and her sister react as former teammates carry the coffin during the funerals of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Mother Church of Gondomar, on the outskirts of Porto, on July 5, 2025. MIGUEL RIOPA/Getty Images MIGUEL RIOPA/Getty Images
The photos also show the young wife and the newlywed following the coffin along with the pallbearers. Jota's wife was in the white shirt; the woman wearing the black shirt is her sister.
Rute Cardoso, Wife of Diogo Jota, walks with the coffin of Diogo Jota as it is carried out of the Church after a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar on July 05, 2025 in Gondomar, Portugal. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Octavio Passos/Getty Images
Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, both died in the wreck, which occurred in a Lamborghini along a Spanish highway. Spanish police indicated to CNN that they believe the brothers blew a tire, causing the car to crash and take their lives at the scene.
It's not clear which brother was driving, but CNN, per the UK's PA news agency, reported that speed was being investigated as a factor, although that has not yet been determined.
Diogo Jota's wife Rute Cardoso is consoled as the coffins of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva are brought into the Igreja Matriz de Gondomar in the town of Gondomar near Porto. PA - PA Images/Getty Images PA - PA Images/Getty Images
Cardoso and Jota both posted a wedding video to their Instagram pages shortly before he died. They were married on June 22.
They also expressed their love for each other in posts of their wedding photos.
Jota's distraught parents were also seen at the funeral.
Joaquim Silva, Father of Diogo Jota And Andre Silva, consoles Isabel Silva, Mother Diogo Jota And Andre Silva, as they arrive in the procession at a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar on July 05, 2025 in Gondomar, Portugal. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Octavio Passos/Getty Images
Jota posted a photo showing him standing with his new wife on their wedding day. He wrote on Instagram, "June 22, 2025. Yes to forever "
Cardoso posted a photo showing her in her wedding gown and, now tragically, wrote, "My dream came true "
Photos also showed Maria Rodrigues, the wife of Jota's deceased brother Andre Silva, crying behind his casket at the funeral.
Maria Rodrigues, Wife of Andre Silva, cries as she walks with the coffin of her late husband Andre Silva as is it carried out of the Church after a funeral held for Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at Igreja Matriz de Gondomar on July 05, 2025 in Gondomar, Portugal. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Octavio Passos/Getty Images
According to the Record, Jota and his new wife also attended a wedding together over the weekend, and Jota was headed back to the UK, but an injury had necessitated that he drive instead of fly. The funeral occurred in Portugal.
Photos Show Diogo Jota's Wife Rute Cardoso With His Coffin at Funeral first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 5, 2025
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