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Who was Andre Silva who died alongside Liverpool star Diogo Jota in Lamborghini ‘fireball’ crash?

Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his 26-year-old footballer brother Andre Silva both died in a fireball crash in the early hours of this morning.

The brothers had been travelling in a Lamborghini when it veered off the road, rolled and burst into flames on the A-52 at Cernadilla near Zamora in northwestern Spain.

It is believed the supercar’s tyre burst while it was overtaking another vehicle at around 12.35am near to border of Portugal.

The tragedy comes just ten days after Jota, 28, wed his childhood sweetheart and mother of their three children Rute Cardoso.

The siblings’ deaths has sent the footballing world into mourning with Liverpool releasing a statement this morning saying they were devastated.

Jota had risen through the Portuguese ranks alongside his brother Andre, with them both playing together at FC Porto.

But from there, their career paths took different trajectories with Jota playing for Atletico Madrid and Wolves before securing a £40m move to Liverpool in 2020.

Andre, himself a talented attacking midfielder, would instead stay in the lower leagues of his native country where for the last five years he had played for second division side Penafiel.

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Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his 26-year-old footballer brother Andre Silva (pictured) both died in a fireball crash in the early hours of this morning

Diogo's brother Andre, 26, was also a footballer and died in the crash

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Jota had risen through the Portuguese ranks alongside his brother Andre, with them both playing together at FC Porto

It is not known if Andre had a partner or any children, but he had remained close with his brother with the pair pictured on Instagram enjoying a holiday together back in 2020

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It is not known if Andre had a partner or any children, but he had remained close with his brother with the pair pictured on Instagram enjoying a holiday together back in 2020

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