Cardoso was Jota's high school sweetheart and had dated him for 13 years, according to Daily Mail. Metro reported that they went to high school together in Porto, Portugal, and knew each other since 2012. He proposed in 2022 at a lake, the site reported.

P remier League soccer star Diogo Jota has been killed in a car crash in Spain, the Spanish civil guard confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday, just under two weeks after his wedding to wife Rute Cardoso. Jota's brother, Andre Silva, was also killed in the single-vehicle accident after their car left the road.