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Dani Alves 200 league appearances

The Brazilian full back is the foreign player who has played the second highest number of games for FC Barcelona

Against Getafe, Dani Alves played his 200th league fixture for FC Barcelona. The Brazilian started the game at full back and was replaced by his compatriot Adriano after 80 minutes of the 0-0 draw.

15 goals

In those games, he has found the target 15 times and has been sent off three times. He joined the club in the summer of 2008, and has played at right back in an average of 27 games a season since.

He has played 12 of the 15 Liga outings so far this term, only missing the games with Athletic Bilbao, Malaga and Almeria.

With a total of 314, Alves has the second highest number of first team appearances for a foreign player, only topped by Leo Messi.

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