Daniel Alves invests in Portuguese third division club | OneFootball

Former player Daniel Alves, whose rape conviction was annulled in March of last year, has invested in a third-division Portuguese club, Sporting Clube São João de Ver.

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“In a moment that will go down in the club’s history, we officially announce the arrival of Dani Alves as co-owner of the SAD (Sociedade Anônima Desportiva) of Sporting Clube São João de Ver,” announced the club, founded in 1929 in the Santa Maria da Feira region (north), in a statement published on its Facebook page.

According to the website MaisFutebol, the 42-year-old Brazilian acquired 50% of the club’s capital and is expected to purchase the remainder at the end of the current season. Daniel Alves is even considering returning to the pitch and playing for the next six months at São João de Ver.

Accusation in Spain

The former right-back for Barcelona, São Paulo, and the Brazilian National Team has not played since January 2023, when he was dismissed by the Mexican club Pumas due to the legal proceedings that resulted in a first-instance conviction by the Spanish courts for rape, a sentence that was later annulled.

Daniel Alves was accused of raping a young woman during the night of December 30 to 31, 2022, in the VIP area of a nightclub in Barcelona, which he has always denied, claiming the encounter was consensual, despite having changed his version several times.

At the time his conviction was annulled, Daniel Alves was on parole, after spending 14 months in prison.

* With content from AFP

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