Monday, 9 June 2014

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-BRAZILIAN " DANIEL ALVES da SILVA " IS A BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL WHO PLAYS FOR F.C. BARCELONA IN LA LIGA AND THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM AS AN OFFENSIVE RIGHT BACK : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983), commonly known as Dani Alves (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdɐ̃ni ˈawvis]), 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,[3] becoming the third-most expensive defender of all time. He won theTreble 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.[4]
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.[5]
On the 8th of June He moved to P.S.G in exchange for Marquinhos the P.S.G player as he wanted to play with his Brazilian team mates

Early life

Alves was born in Juazeiro, a city in the Brazilian state of Bahia, to father Domingos Alves Da Silva, a farmer. He played football with the neighboring kids. Alves' father Domingo had a passion for football as well, and eventually managed to organize his own football team. Alves, at the age of 10, started as a winger, but because of the lack of goals he had, his father re-positioned him as a right back, a position he still plays until now. Alves worked as a farmer or a trader in his young years.

Club career

Bahia

Alves made his professional debut for Esporte Clube Bahia in a match against Paraná Clube, for the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Bahia won 3–0, with Alves providing two assists and winning a penalty for the other goal. Coach Evaristo de Macedo gave him a starting place in the team from then on. His consistently good performances landed him a transfer, at first on a loan, to Spanish side Sevilla FC, halfway through 2002.[6]

Sevilla

After 2002–03, on loan to Sevilla from Bahia, Alves travelled to play in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he impressed as Brazil won the tournament. He was named the 3rd best player of the tournament and, after this, the Sevilla move was made permanent.
In June 2006, Sevilla agreed to sell Alves to Liverpool, but Liverpool were unable to match Sevilla's asking price of around £8 million.[7] In December 2006, he signed a new contract with Sevilla, tying him to the club until 2012.[8] He had a successful 2006–07 season, making 47 appearances and scoring 5 goals. He played in every one of Sevilla'sUEFA Cup matches, in a competition which the club went on to win.
From his years in Spain, he 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.[9]
On 1 August 2007, Alves told SporTV that he wanted to leave Sevilla for a European giant,[10] later reiterating his desire to leave Sevilla to Marca, stating that he was flattered byChelsea's interest and that he could never turn down such an opportunity.[11] In an interview with 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.[12]
On 16 August 2007, Sevilla rejected an unspecified Chelsea bid and, 6 days later, rejected another 2 bids from Chelsea, considering them to be "way below what was expected."[13][14] 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.[15]

Dani Alves with Barcelona
After a public war of words between Alves and del Nido[16] and the death of team-mate Antonio Puerta, Alves decided to stay with Sevilla, with player and president appearing reconciled.[17]

Barcelona

On 2 July 2008, Alves joined FC Barcelona. He left Sevilla in tears and said that he would love to play for Sevilla again. He said that he came to Sevilla as a boy and is now leaving as a man, but later broke down in tears at the press conference.[18] The official price of the transfer stood at £23 million up front, with about £7 million more depending on a number of performance-related factors over the next few seasons of Alves' Barcelona career, making him the world's most expensive defender[19] 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.
Alves made his competitive and European debuts for Barcelona against Wisła Kraków in the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League 3rd-round qualifiers on 13 August 2008.[20] He made his La Liga debut in the season-opener away to CD Numancia on 31 August 2008.[21] He missed the2009 UEFA Champions League Final due to a yellow-card suspension; Barcelona beat Manchester United 2–0 and thus completed The Treble.
In his second season at Barça, the club retained the La Liga title and won the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, and in the 2010–11 season, Alves was instrumental in Barcelona's winning of their 3rd consecutive La Liga title.
On 28 May 2011, Alves played in his first UEFA Champions League Final as Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3–1 at Wembley Stadium to win its 4th European Cup.
In 2011–12, Alves was part of a Barcelona team that won the Copa del Rey and the Club World Cup. In 2012–13, Alves won the La Liga title for the fourth time in his five seasons at Barça.
In 2013–14, Alves switched his shirt number to 22 in honor of his best friend and ex-teammate Éric Abidal, whom he offered to donate his liver to during Abidal's battle with liver cancer.[22]

Alves with Brazil

Personal life and target of racism

On 27 April 2014 Alves was targeted by Villarreal fans, who threw a banana at him. Alves picked up the banana, peeled it, and took a bite.[23]
He responded to the incident by saying:
"We have suffered this in Spain for some time. You have to take it with a dose of humour. We aren't going to change things easily. If you don't give it importance, they don't achieve their objective."[24]
Team-mate Neymar's response - to post a photograph of himself on social media also eating a banana - went viral.[25] Other footballers have also since taken photographs of themselves eating bananas.[26] Cyrille Regis, who had been racially abused while a player in the 1970s and 80s, expressed concern that the viral campaign would detract from the important issues of combating racism in the game.[27] Alves said that whoever threw the banana at him should be publicly shamed,[28] and on 30 April 2014 a man was arrested in connection with the incident.[29] Villareal were later fined €12,000 for the incident.[30]
Alves has previously been subjected to racist taunts in Spain. He complained of racial abuse after being taunted by monkey chants during a Copa del Rey semi-final at Real Madrid in 2013.[31]

International career

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 2007 Copa América. 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 been unable to hold down a regular starting spot in the national team with Maicon being the first choice ahead of him. 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 goal in the 88th minute in a 1–0 win.[32] He scored another long range free-kick against Iran on 7 October 2010.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2014.[33]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOther[34]Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bahia200160———60
2002192———192
Total252——————252
Sevilla2002–0310010——110
2003–0429161——352
2004–053322090—442
2005–0636320140—523
2006–073438014210575
2007–08332308230474
Total175112214544024616
Barcelona2008–0934580120—545
2009–102933011030483
2010–113525012220544
2011–123325110030523
2012–133006010110471
2013–14272508220424
Total1881432163514029720
Career total38827542106918056838

International

As of 3 June 2014.[35][36]
National teamClubSeasonAppsGoals
BrazilSevilla2006–0791
2007–0880
Barcelona2008–0992
2009–10140
2010–1192
2011–1260
2012–13140
2013–1451
Total746

Honours

Player

Bahia
Sevilla
Barcelona
Brazil

Individual

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