Daniel Alves

Daniel Alves
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alves da Silva
Date of birth	May 6, 1983 (age 26)
Place of birth	Juazeiro, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	FC Barcelona
Number	20
Youth career
	Bahia
Senior career1
National team3
	1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2009.; 2 Appearances (Goals).; 3 National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2009

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For the Portuguese footballer, see Danny Alves.

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Alves and the second is Silva.

Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983 in Juazeiro), commonly known as Dani Alves, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as an attacking right back for Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team. Before joining the Catalan giants, 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 €29 million plus add-ons of €6 million, becoming the most expensive right-back in history, and won The Treble in his first season with the club.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Sevilla

After 2002-03, on loan to Sevilla FC from Bahia, Dani Alves travelled to play in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he impressed as Brazil won the tournament. He was named as the third best player of the tournament and, after this, the Sevilla move was made permanent.

In June 2006, Sevilla had agreed to sell Dani Alves to Liverpool, but they failed to match their asking price of around £8 million.^[1] In December 2006, he signed a new contract with Sevilla, tying him to the club until 2012.^[2] He had a successful 2006-07 season, making 47 appearances and scoring five goals. He also played in every one of Sevilla's UEFA Cup matches which the club went on to win.

From his years in Spain, he also acquired Spanish citizenship, thus allowing him to bypass any non-EU quota restrictions and exempting him from needing a work permit to play in any EU countries.^[3]

On 1 August 2007, Alves told Brazilian sports channel SporTV that he wanted to leave Sevilla for a European giant,^[4] later reiterating his desire to leave Sevilla to Spanish newspaper Marca, stating that he was flattered by Chelsea's interest and that he could never turn down such an opportunity.^[5] In an interview with Spanish sports channel Antena 3 on 8 August, Dani Alves confirmed that his agent had been in England for some time handling Chelsea's offer, urging Sevilla to at least consider the offer.^[6]

On 16 August 2007, Sevilla rejected an unspecified Chelsea bid and, six days later, rejected another two bids from Chelsea for Dani Alves, considering them to be "way below what was expected."^[7]^[8] Dani Alves later revealed his dismay with Sevilla president José María del Nido for having knocked back Chelsea's offers for his services after his move to Stamford Bridge collapsed, with Chelsea signing fellow Brazilian full back Juliano Belletti for a much lower fee.^[9]

After a public war of words between Dani Alves and del Nido,^[10] Alves set to stay at Seville after the death of team mate Antonio Puerta, with player and president appearing reconciled.^[11]

[edit] FC Barcelona

On 2 July 2008, Alves joined FC Barcelona. He left Sevilla in tears and said that he would love to join the club again. He said that he came to Sevilla as a boy and is now leaving as a man, and later broke down in tears at the press conference.^[12] The official price of the transfer stands at €25 million up front, with €6 million more to pay depending on a number of performance related factors over the next few seasons of Dani Alves' Barcelona career, making him the world's most expensive right-back^[13] and the third most expensive player bought by Barça. He signed a four-year contract with Barcelona, that includes a buy-out clause of €90 million. As of 8 August, he was the most expensive player in the Summer 2008 transfer window, but this record was then broken when Real Madrid forward Robinho opted to go to Manchester City on deadline day, for a fee of around €40 million.

Dani Alves made his competitive and European debuts for Barcelona against Wisła Kraków in the 3rd round qualifiers of the 2008 UEFA Champions League on 13 August 2008.^[14] He made his La Liga debut in the season-opener away to CD Numancia on 31 August 2008.^[15] Dani Alves missed the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final due to a yellow-card suspension; Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 and thus completed The Treble.

[edit] International career

Dani Alves made his Brazil debut as a substitute in an unofficial friendly match against Kuwait club Al-Kuwait Selection on 7 October 2006. Three days later, he earned his first international cap in a friendly against Ecuador. He was included in Brazil's team for the Copa América 2007. He appeared in four matches including the final against Argentina, where he gave an assist and scored a goal in a 3-0 victory. Despite being the most expensive right-back in history, he has not been able to hold down a regular starting spot in the national team with Maicon being the first choice when available. Dani Alves came on as a substitute in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final against South Africa and scored the winner, a free-kick and a traditional Brazilian full back goal in the style of Roberto Carlos in the 88th minute in a 1-0 win.^[16]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] All-time club statistics

As of May 17, 2009.^[17]^[18]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe^[19]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bahia	2001	6	0					6	0
	2002	19	1					19	1
	Total	25	1					25	1
Sevilla	2002-03	10	0					10	0
	2003-04	29	1					29	1
	2004-05	33	2			7	0	40	2
	2005-06	36	3			13	0	49	3
	2006-07	34	3	8	0	15	2	57	5
	2007-08	33	2			9	2	42	4
	Total	175	11	8	0	44	4	227	15
FC Barcelona	2008-09	34	5	8	0	12	0	54	5
FC Barcelona	Total	34	5	8	0	12	0	54	5
Career totals		234	17	16	0	56	4	306	21

[edit] International career

As of June 28, 2009.^[20]^[21]

National team	Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Brazil	Sevilla	2006–2007	9	1
	Sevilla	2007–2008	8	0
	FC Barcelona	2008–2009	9	2
Total			26	3

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2006–2007
	October 7, 2006	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Al Kuwait Selection	4–0	0	Unofficial friendly
1.	October 10, 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Ecuador	2–1	0	Friendly
2.	February 6, 2007	London, England	Portugal	0–2	0	Friendly
3.	March 24, 2007	Gothenburg, Sweden	Chile	4–0	0	Friendly
4	March 27, 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Ghana	1–0	0	Friendly
5.	June 1, 2007	London, England	England	1–1	0	Friendly
6.	June 26, 2007	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	0–2	0	Copa América 2007
7.	July 1, 2007	Maturín, Venezuela	Chile	3–0	0	Copa América 2007
8.	July 4, 2007	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Ecuador	1–0	0	Copa América 2007
9.	July 15, 2007	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Argentina	3–0	1	Copa América 2007
2007–2008
10.	August 22, 2007	Montpellier, France	Algeria	2–0	0	Friendly
11.	September 9, 2007	Chicago, United States	United States	4–2	0	Friendly
12.	September 12, 2007	Boston, United States	Mexico	3–1	0	Friendly
13.	November 21, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Uruguay	2–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	March 26, 2008	London, England	Sweden	1–0	0	Friendly
15.	May 31, 2008	Seattle, United States	Canada	3–2	0	Friendly
16.	June 6, 2008	Boston, United States	Venezuela	0–2	0	Friendly
17.	June 18, 2008	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Argentina	0–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2008–2009
18.	November 19, 2008	Brasília, Brazil	Portugal	6–2	0	Friendly
19.	February 10, 2009	London, England	Italy	2–0	0	Friendly
20.	March 29, 2009	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.	April 1, 2009	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Peru	3–0	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.	June 6, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	4–0	1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.	June 10, 2009	Recife, Brazil	Paraguay	2–1	0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.	June 15, 2009	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Egypt	4–3	0	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
25.	June 25, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	1	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
26.	June 28, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	United States	3–2	0	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup