The Brazilian winger Dani Alves, the soccer player with the most titles in history, received this Monday the visa that allows him to work in Mexico and at 39 years old he is ready to debut with Pumas UNAM in the Apertura 2022 tournament.
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“Everything ready for his debut with Pumas! Our thanks to all the staff of the @EmbaMexGua (Embassy of Mexico in Guatemala), especially Consul Alejandro Martínez,” the feline team boasted on its Twitter account.
The Brazilian, who left Barça on June 30 after not renewing his contract, arrived in Mexico last Friday and underwent routine medical tests on Saturday to sign the contract with the Pumas.
On Saturday, the feline board presented him to the media in an act attended by some 60 members of the Rebel, the main brave bar of the sixth most winning team in Mexico with seven league titles.
Alves processed the visa in Guatemala
After the event before the press, Alves traveled to Guatemala to process the work visa at the Mexican Consulate, the last step he needed to be registered with the Mx League.
Alves’ plan, winner of three European Champions Leagues with Barça, is to play his first game with the Pumas this Wednesday when the Mexico City side host Mazatlán FC on matchday five of the Apertura.
Wednesday can debut
The directive of the group that represents the National Autonomous University of Mexico intends that on Wednesday Alves, enter the call or not, be presented at the University Olympic Stadium before the feline fans.
The World Cup player with the Brazilian team in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 is one of the most mediatic signings in the history of the Mexican League.
Between the 2022 World Cup and the quarry
One of the objectives of the Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo 2020 in the Pumas is to maintain a high level of competition that will catapult him to the Brazilian roster for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In addition, another of Alves’ goals is to help train young soccer players who are preparing for the basic forces of the Pumas, one of the most important in the country and in which Hugo Sánchez, a former Real Madrid figure, was.