André Silva, Mediapunta del Penafiel, died at age 25 with his brother Diogo Jota after an accident in Zamora
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He did not have the international spotlights that illuminated his older brother's career, but André Felipe Silva, 25, had also worked his way in professional football. The morning of this Thursday, that road was tragicly truncated in a traffic accident in Zamora that ended his life and that of Diogo Jota.
The incident occurred after 00:30, when the two brothers were traveling through the A-52, at the height of the municipality of Cernadilla. According to the first investigations, the Lamborghini in which they moved would have suffered a tire burst while ahead of another car, causing him to leave the road and set fire. The fire was lethal for both players.
André militated in Penafiel, team of the Portuguese Second Division. It was midfielder, arriving in the area and some ease for the goal. Last season he played 32 games, he scored two goals and distributed two assists. In total, he added 143 games as a professional, with 21 goals and four assists. This summer was going to start his third season at the club, the last before his contract ended in June 2026.
His career started, like Diogo, in the Porto quarry. He also went through the training divisions of Boavista and Famalicão, and wore the Gondomar shirt, Modesto Club of the Oporto district. Although he never reached the elite of European football, he won a stable place in the Second Portuguese division, contributing work and talent to Penafiel.
André Felipe always lived linked to the ball, sharing the same passion that turned his brother into the star of Liverpool and the Portuguese team. Today, that passion is frozen by a tragedy that hits not only his family, but also to Portuguese football, who dismisses two players who grew up dreaming the same thing: play, compete and enjoy the sport that marked their lives.
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