Courtesy: Alex Terrell, The Sun; & Sport
DANI ALVES has won the 41st TROPHY of his glittering career after captaining Brazil to victory at the Copa America. This is the highest number of trophies any player has won in football history.
The legendary right-back, 36, is a free agent after his Paris Saint-Germain contract expired at the start of the month. And after he lifted the Copa America crown at the Maracana last night, he moved into the 40s on trophies won.
Despite being named as the MVP, he is currently without a club after his contract with PSG expired on the 30th of June.
The right-back, who left Barça in 2016 to sign for Juventus, has spent the last two seasons with PSG but now wants a new challenge.
In fact, the only major trophy Alves has NOT won is the World Cup, after Brazil flopped in last summer’s tournament, being knocked out by Belgium.
Alves started his collection at Sevilla with two Uefa Cups among the highlights.
But it was at Barcelona where he made his big breakthrough, with THREE Champions League gongs as well as six La Liga titles.
Since leaving the Nou Camp he has not won the Champions League, but reached the final again with Juventus in 2017.
That final was his last game for the Old Lady though before he went on to Paris Saint-Germain.
He has picked up two Ligue 1 titles there, as well as a clutch of domestic trophies.
FREE AGENT
His title with Brazil last night, following their 3-1 win over Peru at the Maracana, was his fourth with his country.
Alves now has two Confederations Cup medals, as well as two Copa Americas.
A BARÇA RETURN APPEARS VERY UNLIKELY
Barcelona have been linked with a move for their legendary full-back but it would be a complicated deal to finalise. He left on bad terms, heavily criticising the board, and doesn’t fit the profile of player the club is currently looking for. Nelson Semedo and Sergi Roberto are the current right back options.