Shekara guda ta wuce tun da duniyar kwallon kafa ta yi makoki saboda mutuwar dan wasan gaba na Liverpool Diogo Jota da ɗan'uwansa Andre Silva a wani hatsarin mota. Waɗanda suka san shi sosai — abokan wasa, manaja, da ma'aikata — suna bayyana hoton mutumin da ƙaunansa da halayensa sun fi duk abin da ya cimma a filin wasa.

Aikin da aka yanke a lokaci mara daidai

Jota, wanda yana da shekara 28 a lokacin mutuwarsa, ya kai kololuwar wasan a makonni kaɗan kafin ya rasu. Ya ɗaga kofin Premier League tare da Liverpool kuma, kwanaki 11 kafin hatsarin, ya auri abokiyar rayuwarsa ta dogon lokaci Rute Cardoso, wanda suke da yara uku tare.

Rikodinsa na Liverpool ya tsaya a kwallaye 65 a wasanni 182, ciki har da lambobin yabo na FA Cup da League Cup na 2022. A duniyar kasa da kasa, ya buga wasanni 49 don Portugal kuma ya zura kwallaye 14, inda wasansa na ƙarshe ya kasance a ranar 8 ga Yuni 2025 — a wasan karshe na Nations League, inda Portugal ta doke Spain da bugun fanareti.

Aikinsa ya fara a Pacos de Ferreira kafin Atletico Madrid ta sayi hannunsa a 2016. Bai taba buga wasa ba ga Atletico, an ba shi aro zuwa Porto na tsawon kakar wasa ɗaya sannan zuwa Wolves da aro kafin ya kammala yarjejeniyar ta dindindin a 2018. A cikin kakarori uku a Wolves, ya zura kwallaye 44 a wasanni 131, yana taimakon ƙungiyar ta hau zuwa Premier League.

Abokin wasa da kowa yake so

Mai tsaron gida na tsohon Liverpool Caoimhin Kelleher, wanda ya buga wasa kusa da Jota daga 2020 zuwa 2025, ya shaida wa BBC Sport cewa alaƙar da suke da ita ta wuce filin wasa. Dukansu sun haɗu a tsohuwar cibiyar horon Liverpool ta Melwood a lokacin annobar corona, suna raba ɗaki ƙarami na sauya kaya, kuma abota ta faro daga nan.