Dani Alves is free with a bail of one million euros

In February of this year, Daniel Alves He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for rape, however, the Brazilian will serve his sentence on the streets, because a Barcelona court authorized his release from prison this Wednesday in exchange for a bail of 1 million euros (almost 1.1 million dollars).

He former ball star He was sentenced more than a year after his entry into provisional prison in January 2023, when the Mexican Pumas terminated its contract with the Brazilian.

Now, he could leave “by paying a bail of 1,000,000 euros”, after which his Spanish and Brazilian passports will be withdrawn and he must stay away from the victim of the rape, the Barcelona Court announced on Wednesday, in the order in which the player’s freedom is agreed.

Between his debut with Esporte Clube Bahia in Brazil, at the age of 18 in 2001, and his last game with the Pumas in January 2023, at the age of 39, Alves played almost a thousand official matches with his club and his national team, accumulating a huge collection of trophies.

“I am 39 years old and along with mine, I am the most successful in the history of football with 43 trophies. Oh, and if someone passes me, I will play until I am 50 years old,” he stated in June 2022 on his social networks.

His record grew as he moved through clubs like Barcelona, ​​Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain, who were looking for one of the best full-backs in the world in Alves.

Coming from a humble family in Juazeiro, in the state of Bahia, at the age of ten he got up at five in the morning with his brother to help his father in the field, before heading to school.

He debuted with his local club, but was quickly discovered by Sevilla, which he joined in 2002 and where he would stay for six seasons.

Two UEFA Cups, a King’s Cup, a UEFA Super Cup and a Spanish Super Cup later, Alves headed to Barcelona for 35 million euros ($38 million).

In his first stage of eight seasons in Barcelona between 2008 and 2016, Alves won 23 trophies, including three Champions Leagues, three Club World Cups, six Leagues and four Copas del Rey.