Person in history
Diogo Jota
Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1996 · December 4
- Died
- 2025 · July 3Aged about 29
- Known as
- association football player. Citizenship: Portugal
- Born
- 30th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)
Why this date
Diogo Jota appears on our December 4 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1996.
- July 18Saguenay flood
- May 11ValuJet Flight 592
- June 15The Troubles
- December 29Guatemala
- November 7NASA
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1996Ross ColtonSeptember 11
- 1996Colin FordSeptember 12
- 1996Batuhan Altıntaş (footballer)March 14
- 1996Adin HillMay 11
- 1996Faker (gamer)May 7
- 1996MyKayla SkinnerDecember 9
- 1996Esteban OconSeptember 17
- 1996Sigrid (singer)September 5
Sources
Cite this page
“Diogo Jota”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/diogo-jota, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Diogo Jota
When was Diogo Jota born?
December 4 1996.
When did Diogo Jota die?
July 3 2025, aged about 29.
How is age at death calculated?
From the birth and death years we hold. Where only years are known the figure can be a year out, so it is given as “about”.
Who else was born on December 4?
Sebastián Vegas, Kim Do-ah, Kim Do-yeon (singer) and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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