<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Former Barcelona and Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been convicted of raping a woman and sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Thursday. A court in Spain found him guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022. The Court also ordered Alves to pay 1,50,000 euros to the victim. The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, denied sexually assaulting the woman. His lawyer had asked for his acquittal and said she would appeal against the verdict.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">In a statement, the court said there was evidence other than the victim's testimony that proved that she had been raped. </span></p>