Liverpool and Portugal midfielder Diogo Jota has died alongside his brother after a car accident in Spain.

Jota, whose full name is Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, was 28 years old at the time of death.

The fatal accident happened just 10 days after he got married. He had three children.

The Portuguese forward died near Zamora, in northwestern Spain, according to Spanish news agency EFE.

The agency reports that his brother, Andre, was also killed in the crash early on Thursday morning on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria.

The accident happened at around 12.40 am local time, when a car left the road and caught fire on the road heading towards Benavente, according to El Mundo.

Jota had been at Anfield since September 2020, having joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of more than £40million.

His brother, Andre, 26, played for Pennafiel, a Portuguese second division club.