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Grey Whitebloom

Diogo Jota Fought to Have a Career and Life Which Ended Too Soon

Diogo Jota overcame repeated rejection to forge a wonderful career and life which tragically came to an end aged 28. | IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire

Diogo Jota’s unique career path in football taught him a life lesson which those mourning his grossly premature death will do well to remember. “The secret is,” he once smiled, “you should never give up.”

No one could be blamed for sinking into a bottomless pit of despair when the fates conspire to rob the world of a son, father, brother, husband and footballer who was just 28. Jota’s brother, André, himself only 25, was also in the fatal car crash.

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