Daniel Alves

Player Information

Full name: Daniel Alves Da Silva
Date of birth: May 06, 1983
Birthplace: Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
2nd nationality: Spanish
EU passport: Yes
Height: 173 cms
Weight: 68 kgs

Club: FC Barcelona
Position: Defender [R]
Squad Number: 20
Contract expires: June 2012
Previous clubs: Bahia > (€1m) Sevilla > (€29m) FC Barcelona

International debut: October 2006, v Ecuador
International Caps: 1
International Goals: 0
World Cups: none

Awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup (2003)
Copa America (2007)

UEFA Cup (2006, 2007)
UEFA Super Cup (2006)

Spanish Copa del Rey (2007)
Spanish Super Cup (2007)

UEFA Cup Most Valuable Player (2006)

Biography

1983
Born May 6 in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil.
2006
May: Helps Sevilla to win their first European Trophy against Middlesbrough FC at the PSV Stadion in the UEFA Cup final.
August 25: Member of the Sevilla team that stunned Barcelona with a 3-0 victory after a superb performance to win the European Super Cup in Monaco. Daniel Alves was named Super Cup Man of the Match and Most Valuable Player of the 2005-06 UEFA Cup.
September 21: Daniel Alves received his first Brazil call up for next month's friendly internationals against Al-Kuwait and Ecuador.
2007
May 16: Won the UEFA Cup with Sevilla FC on penalties 3-1 over Espanyol following a 2-2 draw at the Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. The victory made Sevilla the second club to win consecutive UEFA Cup titles after Real Madrid took the 1985 and 1986 championships.
June 23: Member of the Sevilla lineup that defeated Getafe 1-0 to win its 4th Copa del Rey title at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain.
July 15: Member of the Brazil squad that stunned bitter rivals and overwhelming favourites Argentina 3-0 to win their eighth Copa America title.
August 14: Spanish media reported that Chelsea's chief executive Peter Kenyon met representatives from Sevilla in Madrid and that the two clubs had agreed a basic fee of €32 million plus an extra 4 million euros depending on results for Dani Alves.
August 16: Sevilla rejected Chelsea's bid for Daniel Alves. "Sevilla would like to make clear... that they have rejected Chelsea's offer because it is a very long way from the value put on the player by the club," Sevilla said in a statement on their Web site. It is believed that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich put the brakes on the deal because he baulked at paying such a large fee for the defender and that he had reduced the offer to 25 million euros.
August 31: Member of the Sevilla FC squad that lost the UEFA Super Cup against AC Milan 3-1 in Monaco on a night which served as a fitting tribute to the memory of Antonio Puerta.
2008
May 19: Daniel Alves said he wanted to leave Sevilla as soon as possible. "I really want to leave now and I hope that everything will be finalised as soon as possible."