Dani Carvajal Leaves Real Madrid Fans with One Final, Positive Message
The defender received a guard of honour and a standing ovation after Madrid’s 4-2 win, then thanked fans and teammates in a farewell speech.
- On Saturday, Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal played his final match for the club in a 4-2 win over Athletic Club at Santiago Bernabeu, receiving a standing ovation and guard of honour after being substituted in the 84th minute.
- Carvajal departs as the player with the second-most trophies in Madrid's history, with 27 total; an academy product who returned in 2013, he won six Champions League titles between 2014 and 2024.
- Addressing fans after the match, Carvajal called his departure the "end of a marvellous era," highlighting four Champions Leagues in five years while thanking the club president for renewing his contract after a 2024 knee injury.
- Madrid also bid farewell to centre-back David Alaba on Saturday, who departs after five years and two league titles, as fans held an emotional tribute for both defenders ending a difficult 2025-26 campaign.
- Despite recent struggles, Carvajal offered an optimistic message, telling supporters that Real Madrid will win again and encouraging the team to maintain their historic standards as they look toward the future.
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Dani Carvajal and Robert Lewandowski — of Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively — played their last matches for their clubs as their La Liga 2025-26 season ended on Saturday.
The great captain says goodbye to Real Madrid after 24 years in the club on the day of the farewell of Alaba celebrated with a victory against the Athletic
«The dream of a child, the triumph of a legend». Another image could not have been chosen for the typhoon with which the Santiago Bernabéu fired Dani Carvajal . The one in which the player, barely a 12-year-old kid, quarrant in the Alevín category, placed the first stone of the future Sports City of Valdebebas next to Alfredo Di Stéfano, then already president of honor of the entity.The image was deployed shortly before the speaker reserved his …
Carvajal leaves Madrid with his last attendance and the affection of his people. Mbappé, confirmed pichichi, silenced his whistles with a good goal.
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