Diogo Jota’s family set to inherit star player’s estate after leaving behind wife and three kids in tragic car crash

The striker’s football earnings, brand sponsorship deals and e-sports ventures mean the late star leaves a hefty family legacy.

Diogo Jota married his childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso. The couple have three children, pictured on the Anfield pitch in May after winning the Premier League

Diogo Jota has left behind more than $27.5 million for his young family.

The Liverpool star and his brother Andrew Silva tragically died last week after his Lamborghini swerved off the road in northern Spain, leaving friends, family and the footballing world in mourning.

The pair were honoured by loved ones who flew in from all over the world for the funeral service in the 17th-century Igreja Matriz church in Portugal.

Teammates including Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson carried commemorative red wreaths in the style of Jota’s jersey, while former teammates Jordan Henderson and James Milner were also present.

In a sad twist, Jota had just married childhood sweetheart Rute Cardoso days before, with whom he shared three young children.

His passing means Jota’s inheritance will now pass to his grieving wife and kids, a fortune which both Celebrity Net Worth and The Richest estimate to be just under $30 million.

The coffins of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva are carried outside the church during their funeral in Gondomar, near Porto, Portugal. Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez.

Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk carries a wreath during the funerals of Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother. Photo: Filipe Amorim/AFP.

Jota’s Portugal national teammate Ruben Neves was emotional at the funeral. Photo: Octavio Passos/Getty Images.

Though not possible to know the exact sum, the figures are estimated based on public information of the high-profile star.

Jota’s move to the UK in 2018 with Wolverhampton Wolves was met with a fast start to the Premier League, before the Portuguese international then signed a big-money move to Liverpool in 2020.

Over five seasons at Liverpool, he scored 65 goals in 182 appearances, and won the 2024–25 Premier League title, two EFL Cups, and the FA Cup along the way.

He was recently earning as much as $15.2 million a year from the club.

Jota had just won the Premier League with Liverpool in May, and later the UEFA Nations League with Portugal. Photo Paul Ellis/AFP.

He then capped it all off marrying childhood sweetheart Cardoso, before incident days later. Photo: Instagram.

There he took his football earnings to roughly $54 million before his passing.

Jota also had lucrative sponsorship deals as a Nike athlete and built a wealthy e-sports portfolio with his love for competitive gaming.

Atop this, the Premier League winner also had a collection of luxury cars and owned a home with Cardoso in the Liverpool area, as well as a villa in Lisbon, Portugal.

Jota still had two more years to run on his contract with Liverpool, and while some outlets in

Portuguese media have reported the club is set to pay the sum out to Cardoso and their children, those reports haven’t been confirmed.

The wreckage of Jota’s Lamborghini near Zamora, Spain. Photo: Octavio Passos/Getty Images.

Jota leaves behind Cardoso and their three children. Photo: Supplied.

Jota’s estate could be hit with a 40 per cent inheritance tax applicable in the UK, which requires it to be paid if the sum exceeds $680,000, however, Cardoso would be exempt from this if Jota left the entire inheritance to her.

Spanish police are also reported to be preparing an update in the coming days on the crash which claimed Jota and his brother’s lives.

Investigators are looking into a range of factors including the speed of the car, whether there was a puncture, road hazards, fatigue and any potential car faults, the answers to some of which may bring some reprieve for the family.