The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed that the Liverpool player and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road near the city of Zamora.

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota died from a single-car crash in Spain that also killed his brother, Andre Silva, the English Premier League soccer franchise and local officials announced Thursday. He was 28.

• Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain. He was 28 and had three children with his wife, who he married last month .