Who was Andre Silva? Diogo Jota’s brother who died in car crash | OneFootball

Andre Silva played professionally for Portuguese second-division side Penafiel

The football world is mourning the loss of Liverpool star Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, died in a car crash in Spain in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Of the two siblings, Jota was the more high-profile given his time at Atletico Madrid, Porto, Wolves, Liverpool and the Portugal national team.

However, Andre Silva, the younger brother of the Liverpool star, was also a talented footballer in his own right.

Andre Filipe Teixeira da Silva was an attacking midfielder who could also operate on the flanks.

Silva started playing football at local club Gondomar S.C. before joining Porto's youth team in 2011, staying there for six years before moving on to Pacos de Ferreira and then Famalicao's U23 side following a loan spell with Padroense.

His professional career began with Famalico, though after a brief spell he joined Boavista U23s on a free transfer, spending one season there before returning to Gondomar in the summer of 2021.

Across two years with his boyhood club, Silva struggled for game time and moved on to Penafiel - a Portuguese second-division side - in the summer of 2023 and went on to score seven goals in 62 appearances.

In a tribute to both Jota and Silva, a minute's silence will be held before Portugal face Spain at the Women’s Euros tonight.

Upon a request from the Portuguese FA, UEFA have confirmed that a minute’s silence will be held at all Women’s Euro 2025 games on Thursday and Friday, including Belgium vs Italy, Denmark vs Sweden and Germany vs Poland.

“UEFA announces that a moment of silence will be observed at all of today’s and tomorrow’s UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 matches in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool FC forward Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva who tragically passed away today,” said European football’s governing body.