AF Porto training ground to be named after Diogo Jota | OneFootball

"We understand that this number one field had to have a name, we had tragic events in football in Portugal and, therefore, we decided in a board meeting to name it after Diogo Jota," said the president of the association, José Manuel Neves, adding that André Silva, Jota's brother, will also "be honored, in a different way".

The president informed that a mural will be made on a wall next to the field, dedicated to the footballer, emphasizing that it is important that "the children of tomorrow who visit that center are inspired by Diogo Jota, who started early to tread the fields of the association, in a simple way, and who tread the great world fields with tranquility".

The Academy, whose completion José Manuel Neves predicts within two and a half years, will have four fields - two synthetic and two grass, one with FIFA dimensions and another specific for goalkeeper training - and a support building with changing rooms, a clinic and a space to host other events.

Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André Silva, 25, died on July 3rd in a traffic accident on the A52, in Cernadilla, Zamora, in Spain.

The Portuguese forward, who represented Liverpool for five seasons, totaled 49 'AA' caps and 14 goals, having won two Nations Leagues.

After training in Gondomar and Paços de Ferreira, he lined up for a season at FC Porto - on loan from Atlético de Madrid - and completed three seasons at Wolverhampton before heading to the 'reds'.

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