Diogo Jota’s two sons will accompany the matchday mascots when the late striker’s former clubs Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers meet at Anfield today.
The Premier League fixture is the first time the two teams have met since the Portugal international died – alongside his brother Andre Silva – in a car crash in the Spanish province of Zamora in July.
In a new story from The Times, Dinis and Duarte – the young sons of Jota and his wife Rute Cardoso – will take to the Anfield pitch in what is expected to be an emotional occasion on Merseyside this weekend.
The two boys were alongside their younger sister and their parents when Liverpool celebrated winning their 20th league title following the game against Crystal Palace at the end of the 2024-25 season.
The family previously attended Liverpool’s opening game of the 2025-26 campaign against Bournemouth at Anfield on August 15, as well as Wolves’ first match of the season against Manchester City at Molineux the following day.
Both clubs held beautiful tributes for Jota and his brother Andre, with Liverpool supporters in both the Kop and the Sir Kenny Dalglish stands forming mosaics which read ‘DJ20’ and ‘AS30’ before the game against Bournemouth.
Wolves fans also honoured Jota by unfurling a huge banner of him in the build-up to their meeting with Pep Guardiola’s City, while the forward’s favourite song – Fields of Gold by Sting – was played at Molineux.
Jota was travelling back to Liverpool to begin pre-season training ahead of the 2025-26 campaign when he tragically passed away alongside his brother, Andre, a professional footballer for Portuguese side Penafiel, on July 3.
The tragedy, which came just 11 days after Jota married his long-term partner, Rute, in a ceremony in Porto, left the footballing world devastated.
Following the accident, Liverpool took the decision to retire Jota’s No. 20 shirt, which he had worn since completing his move from Wolves in September 2020.
Jota scored 65 times in 182 games for the Reds, winning both the FA Cup and League Cup in 2021-22, before helping the club win the league title last season.
He also earned 49 caps for Portugal, scoring 14 goals and winning the Nations League in 2018-19 and 2024-25.
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