Dani Alves

Daniel Alves (born 6 May 1983) is a former Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national team, and is currently without club. He can play as a right-back or an attacking midfielder.

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

Dani Alves

Alves with Brazil at the 2019 Copa América
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alves da Silva[1]
Date of birth	(1983-05-06) 6 May 1983 (age 41)[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)
International career‡
2003	Brazil U20	17	(0)
2021	Brazil Olympic (O.P.)	7	(0)
2006–2022	Brazil	126	(8)
Medal record Representing  Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2009 South Africa Winner 2013 Brazil Copa América Winner 2007 Venezuela Winner 2019 Brazil Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2003 United Arab Emirates
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 8 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

On 22 February 2024, Alves was convicted of rape and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. He was also told to pay €150,000 to his victims.^[3]

Club career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2020^[4][5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 January 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bahia	2001	Série A	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2002	Série A	19	2	6	2	—		—		6[b]	1	31	5
	Total		25	2	6	2	—		—		6	1	37	5
Sevilla	2002–03	La Liga	10	0	1	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2003–04	La Liga	29	1	7	1	—		—		—		36	2
	2004–05	La Liga	33	2	5	0	—		9[c]	0	—		47	2
	2005–06	La Liga	36	3	2	0	—		14[c]	0	—		52	3
	2006–07	La Liga	34	3	8	0	—		14[c]	2	1[d]	0	57	5
	2007–08	La Liga	33	2	3	0	—		8[e]	2	3[f]	0	47	4
	Total		175	11	26	1	—		45	4	4	0	250	16
Barcelona	2008–09	La Liga	34	5	8	0	—		12[e]	0	—		54	5
	2009–10	La Liga	29	3	3	0	—		11[e]	0	5[g]	0	48	3
	2010–11	La Liga	35	2	5	0	—		12[e]	2	2[h]	0	54	4
	2011–12	La Liga	33	2	5	1	—		10[e]	0	4[i]	0	52	3
	2012–13	La Liga	30	0	6	0	—		10[e]	1	1[h]	0	47	1
	2013–14	La Liga	27	2	5	0	—		8[e]	2	2[h]	0	42	4
	2014–15	La Liga	30	0	5	0	—		11[e]	0	—		46	0
	2015–16	La Liga	29	0	6	1	—		8[e]	0	5[j]	0	48	1
	Total		247	14	43	2	—		82	5	19	0	391	21
Juventus	2016–17	Serie A	19	2	2	1	—		12[e]	3	0	0	33	6
Paris Saint-Germain	2017–18	Ligue 1	25	1	4	0	3	1	8[e]	2	1[k]	1	41	5
	2018–19	Ligue 1	23	1	4	2	2	0	3[e]	0	0	0	32	3
	Total		48	2	8	2	5	1	11	2	1	1	73	8
São Paulo	2019	Série A	20	2	—		—		—		—		20	2
	2020	Série A	30	1	6	0	—		6[l]	2	11[m]	4	53	7
	2021	Série A	6	0	1	0	—		6[n]	0	9[m]	1	22	1
	Total		56	3	7	0	—		12	2	20	5	95	10
Barcelona	2021–22	La Liga	14	1	2	0	—		0	0	1[h]	0	17	1
UNAM	2022–23	Liga MX	13	0	—		—		—		—		13	0
Career total			597	35	94	8	6	2	162	15	51	7	910	67

Notes:

1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia and Coupe de France
2. One appearance in Copa dos Campeões, five appearances and one goal in Copa do Nordeste
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
4. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
6. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España
7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
8. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
9. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
10. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
11. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
12. Four appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, two appearances and one goal and Copa Sudamericana
13. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista
14. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

International

As of match played 5 December 2022^[6][7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2006	1	0
	2007	12	1
	2008	5	0
	2009	14	2
	2010	12	2
	2011	10	0
	2012	5	0
	2013	13	0
	2014	7	1
	2015	8	0
	2016	12	1
	2017	6	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	11	1
	2020	0	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	7	0
Total		126	8

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alves goal.^[7]

List of international goals scored by Dani Alves

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	15 July 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Argentina	3–0	3–0	2007 Copa América Final
2	6 June 2009	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	25 June 2009	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	1–0	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
4	7 October 2010	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Iran	1–0	3–0	Friendly
5	11 October 2010	Pride Park Stadium, Derby, England	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	3 June 2014	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiás, Brazil	Panama	2–0	4–0	Friendly
7	29 March 2016	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	2–2	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	22 June 2019	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil	Peru	4–0	5–0	2019 Copa América

Honours

Bahia^[8]

• Copa do Nordeste: 2002

Sevilla^[4]

• Copa del Rey: 2006–07
• Supercopa de España: 2007
• UEFA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2006

Alves after winning the 2015 UEFA Super Cup

Barcelona^[4][9]

• La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
• UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
• UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015

Juventus^[4]

• Serie A: 2016–17
• Coppa Italia: 2016–17

Paris Saint-Germain^[4]

• Ligue 1: 2017–18, 2018–19^[10]
• Coupe de France: 2017–18^[11]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2017–18
• Trophée des Champions: 2017

São Paulo^[4]

• Campeonato Paulista: 2021

Brazil U20^[4]

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 2003

Brazil Olympic^[4]

• Summer Olympics: 2020

Brazil^[4]

• Copa América: 2007, 2019
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009, 2013

Individual

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Bronze Ball: 2003^[12]
• UEFA Cup Most Valuable Player: 2005–06
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017^[13]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12^{[14][not in the source given]}
• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}
• La Liga Defender of the Season: 2008–09
• FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament: 2013
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2014–15^[23]
• France Football World XI: 2015^[24]
• Serie A Team of the Year: 2016–17^[25]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017^[26]
• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2017–18^[27]
• Copa América Golden Ball: 2019^[28]
• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019^[29]
• IFFHS CONMEBOL Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[30]
• Campeonato Paulista Team of the Tournament: 2020

Records

• Most UEFA Super Cup titles: (4) (shared with Paolo Maldini) (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015)^[31]
• Most UEFA Super Cup final appearances: (5) (shared with Paolo Maldini) (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)^[32]