Dani Alves
Football, Football player
1983 –
Who is Dani Alves?
Daniel Alves da Silva, commonly known as Dani Alves, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga and the Brazilian national team, as an offensive right back.
Before joining Barcelona, Alves spent a successful six-year spell with Sevilla FC, winning two UEFA Cups and the Copa del Rey with the Andalusian side. He joined Barcelona for €32.5 million, becoming the third-most expensive defender of all time. He won the Treble in his first season with the club and in the next season, he won the Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup. Also, he helped the club to clinch another Spanish Super Cup, two league titles, and a UEFA Champions League in the years that followed. Alves has held a Spanish passport since 2005.
On 29 September 2011, Alves was appointed as a Special Olympics Ambassador for its Global Football program, charged with promoting respect and inclusion in football for people with intellectual disabilities, particularly in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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- Born
- May 6, 1983
Juazeiro - Also known as
- Daniel Alves da Silva
- Dani Alves
- Dani
- Parents
- Spouses
- Dinora Santana
(2008 - 2011)
- Dinora Santana
- Children
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Spain
- Profession
- Lived in
- Juazeiro
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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