Another trophy on the horizon? Dani Alves will play the Olympic final as Brazil captain at 38

A never-ending story. And endless trophies. That, in a nutshell, could be the career of Dani Alves, a footballer who may not even be able to count all his triumphs. And now he can add more with Brazil at the Olympics.

If any footballer can be said to be a winning talisman, it is definitely Dani Alves. In fact, the Brazilian footballer has already won an incredible 42 trophies in his career. And he still can’t get enough.

At the age of 38, he has accepted a nomination to the Brazilian national team for the Under-23 Olympics, but each national team can call up three players over that age limit, so the Canaries have enlisted the services of 31-year-old goalkeeper Santos, 38-year-old defender Dani Alves and 28-year-old defender Diego Carlos.

As captain, the former Barcelona, Juventus, PSG and Sevilla full-back led his team to the final, where they will play Spain.

In the semi-final against Mexico, after a goalless draw, the match went to penalty kicks, where the Brazilians were more successful, beating their opponents 4-1. In addition, Dani Alves, like a proper captain, took the first penalty, which he converted reliably.

Alves’ hunger for trophies is certainly not lacking, and he has no shortage of medals from the Olympic Games.

He has already won La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Champions League, Europa League, Copa América, U20 World Cup and added several other league and European cups.

After the 2018/19 season, he ended his European adventure at PSG and returned to his native Brazil. There, he plays for Sao Paulo, and now he’s additionally bounced to Japan for the Olympics.

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