Article by Cosmin Nistor – published on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:36 / Updated Thursday, September 18, 2025 11:36
The Mexican Unam Pumas club came out winning in the litigation with Dani Alves (42 years old), after the Sports Arbitration (CAS) Court established that the termination of the January 2023 contract, which occurred after the footballer in Spain, was made with “just cause”.
The CAS decision announces the decision of the FIFA litigation room, which, in May 2024, had forced the club to pay damages to the Brazilian. Moreover, the Sports Court has established that Dani Alves will pay an even larger amount to Pumas, as compensation for the damages caused to the club.
The Mexican club issued an official statement: “It represents an important precedent in protecting the contractual interests of the clubs”
In an official statement, the Mexican club stressed that this decision “represents an important precedent in protecting the contractual interests of the clubs”.
Officials added that, after more than a year of trials before the international sports courts, the case can be considered closed. Thus, Pumas not only gets rid of the obligation to compensate for his former player, but will receive money from him, a spectacular situation in a file that held the first page of the sports press.
The dispute began when Dani Alves filed a complaint with FIFA, claiming that Pumas terminated the contract unilaterally and unjustified. The Brazilian requested the payment of the salaries he would have received until the end of the understanding. In the first instance, FIFA gave it justice, but the club's call to the CAS has radically changed the situation: the termination was validated as complying with the regulations, and the financial responsibility was transferred to the player.
Dani Alves, an impressive CV
Dani Alves withdrew from professional football in 2023, after the separation of the Mexican Club Pumas. Increased in Bahia and launched in Europe by Sevilla, he knew the height of his career in Barcelona, between 2008 and 2016, during which time he won six champion titles of Spain, three UEFA Champions League trophies, four European Super Cups and numerous internal trophies.
The return to Camp Nou, in the 2021-2022 season, came at a difficult time for Catalans, and Alves only checked 17 games. To the rest of his career, he added major trophies in Italy, with Juventus, and France, with PSG, as well as two Europa League trophies during Sevilla.
For Brazil's national team it has 126 selections, two trophies Copia America, two Confederations Cups and the gold medal conquered at the 2021 Olympics.
