Brazilian football super star Dani Alves was back in an official game for FC Barcelona in Wednesday’s Copa del Rey game with Linares, a whole 2,054 days after he last played for the team in the final of the same competition against Sevilla on 22 May 2016.
FC Barcelona have started their defence of the Copa del Rey with a win at the home of Primera Division RFEF side Linares Deportivo .FC Barcelona beat Linares 2-1 to reached round of 16
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After rejoining the club in November, Alves has had to wait until the winter transfer window before being able to make his comeback appearance, although he did get to play against Boca Juniors in the Maradona Cup match in Saudi Arabia.
🚨 Nutmeg! @DaniAlvesD2 pic.twitter.com/HpV9Pz08rO
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 6, 2022
With 391 appearances, the Brazilian was the foreigner with the second most games for FC Barcelona, topped only by Leo Messi (771) and well clear of third-placed Javier Mascherano (334). He can now start adding to that already impressive tally.
At 38 years and 244 days, it also means that Dani Alves becomes the oldest player to appear for Barca this century, older than José Manuel Pinto, the goalkeeper who on 17 May 2014 was 38 years and 190 days old when he played his last game for the team.
Dani Alves’s statistics on Wednesday Copa del Rey match against Linares ;
– 90 minutes played
– 96 touches
– 88.3% pass accuracy
– 7 key passes
– 7 crosses completed
– 5 accurate long balls
– 2 big chances created
– 3 dribbles
🎙 @DaniAlvesD2, how does it feel to finally play another official game for Barça? #LinaresBarça pic.twitter.com/5kwbRkrwa3
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 5, 2022
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