"Daniel Alves will be captain of the Brazilian national team in the friendly matches against Qatar and Honduras and in Copa America Brazil 2019," the CBF said in a statement https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/dani-alves-sera-o-capitao-da-selecao-nos-amistosos-e-copa-america.
Right back Alves, who has 138 caps for Brazil, was informed of his new role on Sunday. The 36-year-old has captained his country on four previous occasions, the last of which was a 1-0 friendly victory over Germany in 2018.
Brazil coach Tite had named Neymar permanent captain a few months after Brazil's World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Belgium last year, but has been under pressure to replace the 27-year-old due to his disciplinary issues.
Neymar was banned for three matches by the French football authorities earlier this month for hitting a fan after PSG's French Cup final loss to Stade Rennes, and was also reportedly involved in a dressing fracas with his PSG team mates.
Tite informed him on Saturday that he would not captain Brazil at the Copa America, the CBF said.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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