Diogo Jota was tragically killed just days after marrying his wife Rute Cardoso in a lavish wedding ceremony. The couple had been together since Jota was playing youth football in his native Portugal. Over the following years, his career began to skyrocket and his devoted partner was beside him every step of the way.

Rute Cardoso was emotional while helping pallbearers Saturday, appearing to cry and lowering her head while they carried the ex-Liverpool standout’s coffin after the mass for Jota and his younger brother, Andre Silva, who also perished in the wreck that occurred just after midnight Thursday in Spain.

Diogo and Rute had just tied the knot before he lost his life at the age of 28. Learn about Rute and her relationship with Diogo here.

Diogo Jota's funeral was held on July 5, and heartbreaking images emerged of his emotional wife Rute Cardoso with the coffin. One photo showed Cardoso, who married Jota just 11 days before he died in a fiery crash with his brother,

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota gushed over his new wife in his final Instagram post before he died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday morning.

Rute Cardoso and Diogo Jota's love story began in high school. Rute supported Jota's football career, building a family along the way. They married in

Just 11 days before Diogo Jota died in a fiery wreck in Spain, Rute Cardoso was standing at an altar with him, sharing vows. However, his new wife now must do the unthinkable and bury her husband and the father of her three kids.

DIOGO JOTA has tragically died alongside his brother in a car crash while on holiday in Spain. The devastating news comes just days after the Liverpool and Portugal star, 28, got married to Rute