_(cropped).jpg) Alves with Brazil at the 2019 Copa América | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daniel Alves da Silva[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1983[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Juazeiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Bahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Bahia | 25 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Sevilla | 175 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Barcelona | 247 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Juventus | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Paris Saint-Germain | 48 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | São Paulo | 76 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Barcelona | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | UNAM | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 617 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Brazil U20 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Brazil Olympic (O.P.) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2022 | Brazil | 126 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 8 January 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel "Dani" Alves da Silva (Portuguese: [dɐniˈɛw ˈawviz dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 6 May 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the best full-backs of all time, he is also one of the most decorated players with 43 trophies.
Starting his career at Bahia in 2001, Alves went on to have a successful six-year spell with Sevilla, winning two UEFA Cups and the Copa del Rey. He joined Barcelona for €32.5 million,[3] becoming the third-most expensive defender of all-time at the time. He won the treble in his first season with the club and in the next season, won the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. Additionally, he helped the club to clinch another two Supercopa de España, five La Liga titles and two UEFA Champions League titles in the years that followed.
In 2016, Juventus signed Alves on a free transfer.[4] He won the 2016–17 Serie A title and 2016–17 Coppa Italia in his only season with the side, also reaching the Champions League Final.[5] In 2017, Alves joined French side Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, winning a domestic treble in his first season, followed by another league title the following season.[6] In 2019, he returned to his home country, joining São Paulo, and winning the 2021 Campeonato Paulista with them. He returned to Barcelona in 2021. He joined Mexican club UNAM in 2022; UNAM terminated his contract in 2023 after he was detained in Spain, during a process that resulted in Alves being charged with sexual assault. He was convicted of this charge of rape in February 2024 and sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
A full international for Brazil from 2006 to 2022, Alves is the nation's third most-capped player of all time. He was included in their squads for three FIFA World Cups and five Copa América tournaments, winning the 2007 and 2019 editions of the latter competition, as well as the 2009 and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cups. At the Summer Olympics in 2020, he won a gold medal. Individually, Alves was named in the IFFHS CONMEBOL Team of the Decade (2011–2020), FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament (2013), the Copa América Team of the Tournament (2019), and was awarded the Copa América Best Player (2019).
- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 1 December 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Dani Alves". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Memoria 09–10 (PDF) (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. September 2010. p. 174. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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