Dani confirms separation

Dani confirms separation
Dani Alves accompanied by Dinora at an event recognising his achievements
at his hometown last year

FC Barcelona defender and Brazil international Dani Alves today confirmed that the stories surrounding his separation from his wife of three years, Dinora @ Dina Santana are true. The couple ended their marriage through mutual consent just over three months ago.

Rumours of his marital problems have been circulating on blog sites and tweets for some time as Alves was seen with several different women over the past few months.

While confirming the break-up, the player through his publicist denied any ongoing relationships with other women (gp1.com.br).

The couple have two children, son Daniel and daughter Victoria (soccernet.espn), and everyone involved has requested for utmost privacy.

Sources: odia.ig.com.br and futebolparameninas.com.br ; Image: ig.com.br

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  1. Ano says:

    Yeah Right :) )

  2. Hernand says:

    Dia de los Santos Inocentes joke?

  3. runnie says:

    oh boy, will gonna be a busy day for him removing her face from his upper arm now… -_-

  4. Barcafan-bangladesh says:

    poor alves. feel sorry for him coz he's such a great guy. its good to see though that his football wasn't affected during this sad part of his life.

  5. Rancid says:

    This news are crap, sorry to be this sincere. LEt´s instead focus on Messi´s astonishing year, you know his goals, assists, estats, videos, news, blogs, etc.

    • bara_afellay says:

      You blog any Barca news that people want to hear/talk about, I don't think they cater to the minority.

    • Problem? says:

      Why the heck should we just focus on Messi? This is an important moment in a F.C. BARCELONA (you know, the club this website is about) player's personal life, and it might (let's hope not) have some effect on how he play too, so I don't see why this news is crap. Also, while Messi is our most impressive player stat-wise, he's not the only one we should focus on.

    • JamesD says:

      It's totalBarca, not totalMessi.

    • talkfootytactics says:

      this isn't totalmessi it's totalbarca. Anything FCBarcelona noteworthy is posted here. Dani Alves's divorce is certainly Barca worthy news as it may affect his performance though I certainly hope not!

  6. Vikz says:

    It seems like that a footballers (most brazilians) love life is very very complicated.. hahahah
    I hope no one gets hurt badly ….

  7. dammy says:

    The only problem i have with Brazilians stars is …??????
    I hope dani is doing d right thing,i really hope so!

  8. ssasz says:

    Its really a sad news, they made a Great couple.

    Dani boy try to regain her love since you have 2 children from her :)

  9. HOSSAM says:

    Oh ! i am so sorry Alves =/

  10. SoccerBoy says:

    why he looks so happy??

  11. pillow boy says:

    she is a beautiful woman. I wonder why love is lost between them. I hope dani and his wife both hadnt made that choice. Children are to suffer. Anyway, wish the family all the best. It is always depressing to hear these stories.

    • 1234 says:

      Kristy of totallgoats.com is prettier! :*

      By the way, totallygoats site is suspended. :(

      • it's not suspended, it's a server problem and will hopefully be fixed soon =)

      • EL BARCA NEGRO redux says:

        totallygoats is the most shameful webstie ive ever seen…. :| all of those women probably aren't even real football fans, just looking for eye candy

        • Kristy says:

          Yeah, that's why I post so many pics of hotties like Zlatan, Rooney and Tevez..

          You'r clearly missing some man candy there…I warmly recommend Real Madrid based sites for you, those are more about things you might fancy. :)

    • friedchicken says:

      Is it better to live as unhappy couple then? Unhappy couple tend to argue and fight. That has severe effects on children. It might not be better to stay together for the sake of their children.
      I just hope they stay content enough to not fight when together on holidays and not fight when they are at the same event for their kids. The worst part is parent poisoning their kids mind with what the "bad" thing the other parent did stories.
      For me, as long has Danny continue to beast up the RB position, I'm happy.

  12. naya says:

    omg!!! sad news! He loved her so much :(

  13. nadir says:

    Didn't he have a tatoo of her face!?!?

  14. Jairzinho says:

    Very Sad news indeed. Hope they both get through this difficult moment, and maybe if possible, make back up.

  15. That’s one thing about Whites, divorce looks like a normal Christmas celebration to them unlike the black nations though the black celebrities are now engaging and Celebrating divorce.. But it’s not the best. “What God has joined together”

  16. This is not a good trend to the Catalan side

  17. aaaa says:

    Spain’s equivalent of April Fools’ Day is Dec. 28. =) ?

  18. john says:

    Despite what is being said, i think Dani is much happier now :D being a single celebrity like that would be the best thing to happen to him! His performance on the pitch clearly wasnt affected…so Kudos Dani and welcome back to being a bachelor! :D
    Visca el Barca!

  19. snanan27 says:

    to think he was going through this and still managed to send in a wicked cross for Cesc in the Bernabeau…

  20. Rancid says:

    Total Barca rox big time!!!

  21. Caesarean says:

    Its regrettable news, but props 2 Dani! He’s been a beast on tha pitch, no sign of troubles at home.

    4 tha childs sake especially hope it wasnt brutal

  22. Mony says:

    Now he has to remove the tattoo from his arm. Never get a tattoo of your significant other whether it's name, face, etc.

  23. Jas says:

    What a coincidence, my parents decided to do the same thing today… I feel sorry for their kids

  24. melissa_fcb says:

    i must say i am shocked……..

  25. Zsusanna says:

    Hey Dani, i am single :-)

  26. TrueeBluee says:

    Every1 wants 2 b like you Every1 are you happy? I guess LastKnight is all I will ever Have you were amaxing incredibly memorable my starPLayer working it hard Please Touch Now touch me how you love touching me most Where will I see you in 2020? Hopefully somewhere BeAuTifuL