{"id":1108740,"date":"2019-09-29T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1108740"},"modified":"2019-09-29T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:16:45","slug":"dani-alves-names-his-favourite-achievement-in-football","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/dani-alves-names-his-favourite-achievement-in-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Dani Alves names Sevilla Uefa Cup triumph as the &#8220;best moment&#8221; of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dani Alves says his 2006 Uefa Cup win against Middlesbrough with Sevilla remains the &#8220;best moment&#8221; of his career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old has picked up a staggering 40 career titles \u2013 making him football&#8217;s most decorated footballer of all time.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alves&#8217; crowning moment: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alves is the most decorated footballer of all time with 40 titles.<\/li>\n<li>His honours include La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A titles, as well as Champions League and Copa America winners&#8217; medals.<\/li>\n<li>But the Brazilian is adamant his 2006 Uefa Cup win with Sevilla as his best moment.<\/li>\n<li>That was Sevilla&#8217;s first major honour since the 1945\/46 La Liga title.<\/li>\n<li>Alves also believes he&#8217;s still in with a chance of making Brazil&#8217;s 2022 World Cup squad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7380470-emery-s-nba-chaos-could-let-man-utd-off-the-hook-unless-auba-keeps-dunking\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His list of major honours includes a host of La Liga titles and Champions League crowns with Barcelona, Serie A and Ligue 1 titles with Juventus and PSG, as well as the 2007 and 2019 Copa America with Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>But that 2006 Uefa Cup triumph \u2013 the first major trophy of his career \u2013 remains the highlight for Alves, who was pleased to play a part in the remarkable transformation at the club during that time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Raheem Sterling or Kevin De Bruyne? Man City Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2l5a5DFXllk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best moment of my career was when I won the first title with Sevilla,\u201d he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/sep\/27\/dani-alves-crazy-good-barcelona-pep-guardiola-brazil-sao-paulo\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was with a team that, when I arrived, was battling against relegation. Being part of that reconstruction is an ecstasy of emotions. You see everyone crying, people happy in the city. A story started to be written there. Being part of that is sensational.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2022 World Cup in Alves&#8217; sights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alves now plays his football with Sao Paulo back in his homeland but despite being out of the European pressure cooker and advancing toward his 40s, he still has a place in Brazil&#8217;s 2022 World Cup team well within his sights and is dreaming of closing his career with more national team glory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going after that dream to be champion, to close an era with the Brazilian national team, to help my country get back on top,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what motivates me most? When everybody stops believing in me. When they say: \u2018This guy is worthless, this guy can\u2019t play in midfield, can\u2019t do this or that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just wait. I was comfortable in Europe, but I like discomfort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"31f17ab7-86f7-4c13-846b-fcb74a4d4529\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dani Alves says his 2006 Uefa Cup win against Middlesbrough with Sevilla remains the &#8220;best moment&#8221; of his career. The 36-year-old has picked up a staggering 40 career titles \u2013 making him football&#8217;s most decorated footballer of all time. 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