Rute Cardoso

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rute Cardoso

• Rute Cardoso hails from Porto, Portugal.

• Rute met Diogo Jota during their high school years. They soon fell in love and began dating on 22 October 2012, around the time Jota was beginning his professional football career.

  

• Rute stood by Jota as his football career progressed. She relocated with him as he joined clubs like FC Porto, Wolverhampton, and eventually Liverpool.

• In August 2020, the duo announced they were expecting their first child. Their son, Dinis, was born in February 2021.

  

• Their second child was born in March 2023, and they welcomed a third baby in late 2024.

• In October 2023, Rute Cardoso made headlines after defending Diogo Jota on Instagram, following a 30 September match against Tottenham where he was sent off with two yellow cards in 22 seconds and a goal by player Luis Diaz was wrongly ruled out.

• When PGMOL later accepted that a big mistake was made with the VAR decision, Rute called the game “rigged” and used a clown emoji to mock the officials.

• On 3 July 2025, Diogo Jota and his younger brother André Silva passed away in a car accident in Cernadilla, a municipality in Zamora, Spain.

• According to authorities, the two were travelling just after midnight near Cernadilla when their car lost control on the A-52 motorway and caught fire. Both brothers were declared dead at the scene.

• Rute is an avid traveller and often shares her travel experiences on social media.

  

• She loves animals and has three pet dogs.

  

• Rute is a fitness enthusiast and often hits the gym.

  

• She is adventurous and enjoys engaging in activities like parasailing and horse riding.

  

• Rute consumes alcohol occasionally.