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Alves in 2016, photo by Photo Works /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Daniel Alves da Silva
Place of Birth: Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
Date of Birth: 6 May, 1983
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, African, possibly other]
Dani Alves is a Brazilian professional footballer. A right-back, he played for Bahia, Sevilla, Barcelona, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, São Paulo, and UNAM, and the Brazil national team and Brazil Olympic (O.P.).
He is the son of Domingos Alves da Silva, a farmer. Dani sometimes faced racist insults and incidents while playing in Spain. He speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.