A Brazilian city is seeking to tear down a statue of the disgraced soccer star.
After learning that Dani Alves was sentenced to four years and six months in prison for sexual assault by the Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), the place where he began his career before making the jump to Europe at Sevilla FC seeks to tear down a statue of the disgraced football star.
The player’s statue is in Brazil, where local authorities are considering taking action on the matter. The work was inaugurated in 2020 and has been vandalized at least twice. The city council is now considering removing it.
The player was honored in the town of Juazeiro, northern Bahia, for his sporting career during which he won countless trophies, including the UEFA Champions League and the La Liga title. At the 2020 event, the statue, made by artist Leo Santana, was unveiled. We see the player, life size, wearing the jersey of the Brazilian national team and pushing a ball at his feet.
“It became embarrassing”
But as Alves goes from hero to zero, the statue has been vandalized since the case became public and the player was sentenced to prison.
“It’s time to vandalize the statue of Daniel Alves in the suburb of Juazeiro, isn’t it? “, declares a neighbor from her social media account. “ It became embarrassing.”
The words of this Brazilian citizen send a clear message and reflect the feeling of the entire region, which forced the Juazeiro City Council to decide what to do with the statue.
The municipality is currently assessing the situation as part of a process that began a few days ago. A final decision will soon be made public, but Dani Alves’ brother tried to defend the footballer on social media, without success.
