Designer clothes according to the latest fashion, hats, glasses, bow tie ... Daniel Alves is known in the football world as a real dandy. However, the player, “Barcelona” is known primarily for a reliable game in defense. Some experts give the thirty-two-year-old Brazilian laurels the best right-back in the world. This article will talk about this outstanding person.
The beginning of a sports career
Brazil has always been famous not only for its outstanding strikers, but also for players representing the stronghold of defense. Daniel Alves left the expanses of his native country early, having moved to the Spanish championship at the age of nineteen. While still a defender of the youth national team of the country, he hit the pencil for the Seville scouts. From now on, the football player did not leave the championship of sunny Spain. It should be noted that all Latin American players perfectly adapt to the conditions of Examples. It now seems that the Brazilian protects the colors of Barcelona throughout his entire conscious life. However, Daniel Alves (photo of the player is presented below) before that he played for 6 long years with Sevilla.
Going to Barcelona
It is worth noting that with his first Spanish club, the player won 5 titles, including two-time winner of the UEFA Cup, as well as the owner of the UEFA Super Cup. The transition to the blue-garnet camp was partly facilitated by the will of chance. In 2008, the Catalans left the main right-back of Gianluca Zambrotta. The club had to rush to strengthen its defensive position.
Daniel Alves, who had long adapted in the Spanish championship, approached the vacated seat like no other. However, Sevilla did not want to part with one of its leaders so easily. According to the footballer himself, he joined the team as a green youth and it was here that he formed as a real master. Therefore, the Catalans had to fork out for a tidy sum - 35 million euros. Such a price tag for the defender in the first half of this century was almost astronomical. However, the game was worth the candle.
Universal recognition
It is one thing when a soccer player wins the Spanish Cup and UEFA Cups with Sevilla, and it’s quite another when he has the opportunity to really dream of gold medals in the Example and aim to win the Champions League. Daniel Alves, despite his affection for the previous club, understood that now his game would be in full view. And all his successful selections, tackles, blocking and interceptions will be sorted out by television experts to the smallest detail. The athlete understood that this was a huge step forward. Ask any footballer: does anyone refuse to defend the colors of Barcelona?
Game Style Features
Many defenders have a well-placed strike and decent standards. Our hero is no exception. However, as a flank defender, Daniel willingly performs the connection to the attacks, possessing technicality and a decent starting speed. More than two dozen goals in a career is the result that any defender will envy. It is precisely for its versatility that Daniel Alves is appreciated in Barcelona and the Brazilian national team. A football player proves with his game that he can perform at a high level even after 30 years.
Unpleasant incident
Fans around the world fall into two categories: grateful fans standing in line for an autograph, and orthodox extremists. The second category of fans attends matches not to watch the game, but with the aim of massacre and a fight with the opposing side. Very often outrageous youngsters are not averse to demonstrate racist antics. So, for example, immigrants from Brazil, especially if they are dark-skinned, often offend by throwing bananas at them.
Such an unpleasant incident happened once with our hero. During a corner kick in the Spanish Championship match with Villarreal, fans launched a banana into the footballer. Alves came out victorious here too: having insulted, he did not show. Just took a banana, as if nothing had happened, peeled and ate it. Only then, talking with reporters about the incident, the defender was indignant: "How could a person who has been playing in the Spanish championship for more than 10 years be considered a monkey?"
Conclusion
The reader has learned a lot from our publication today. In particular, we mentioned who, by nationality, Daniel Alves, talked about his first Spanish club, trophies gained, features of the game style and universal recognition. I would like to wish the famous football player even more high-profile victories both on the football field and beyond.