DANI ALVES ON THE EVE OF 1000 GAMES !
Dani Alves : one game to reach the number 1000 !
Dani Alves captained Brazil in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay (4-0) on 1 February. It was the 999th top-level match in his career.
The 38-year-old defender has the opportunity to celebrate his 1,000th match on February 6 if he enters the pitch for Barcelona in the La Liga game against Atlético Madrid.
Dani Alves will become only the second player in the world to play 1,000 top-level matches in XXI century, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (1,102).
The table shows the layout of his matches for 7 teams for which he has played (6 clubs and the Brazilian national team), as well as for tournaments.
| DANI ALVES | GAMES | |||||||||||
| Years | Club/NT | League | Games | Total | Sum | |||||||
| NL | RL | NC | OC | CT | ICT | League | Cup | ICC | ||||
| 2001–02 | Bahia | Brazil | 25 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 32 | ||||
| 2002–08 | Sevilla FC | Spain | 175 | 26 | 2 | 47 | 175 | 28 | 47 | 250 | ||
| 2008–16 | FC Barcelona | Spain | 247 | 43 | 11 | 85 | 5 | 247 | 54 | 90 | 391 | |
| 2016–17 | Juventus | Italy | 19 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 2017–19 | Paris SG | France | 48 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 14 | 11 | 73 | ||
| 2019–21 | São Paulo | Brazil/Paulista | 56 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 7 | 12 | 95 | ||
| 2022- | FC Barcelona | Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2006– | BRAZIL NT | 121 | ||||||||||
| Total | 571 | 20 | 94 | 21 | 167 | 5 | 591 | 115 | 172 | 999 |
Abbreviatures:
NL = National League (top divisions)
RL = Regional League (Campeonato Paulista).
NC = National Cup
OC = other (relevant) domestic Cups (Copa dos Campeões in Brazil, Supercups in Spain and France, League Cup in France)
ICC = International Club Competitions
CT = Continental tournaments
ICT = InterContinental tournaments (Club World Cup)