Danilo is proud being Juventus captain.
The defender is the first Brazilian to captain the club.
He told TNT Brazil: "It is a source of great pride. A team with great tradition like Juventus has always been well represented for a long time by historic Italian players. After being vice-captain last year, this season I became captain of the team. This has to do with my experience in other leagues and countries, with my way of communicating with my teammates, with the referees and with the Juventus universe.
"The fact that the coach's decision was accepted so well, especially by my teammates of the team, fills me with pride. I am proud that even the Italian fans, who defend their flag and their culture, often greet me and thank me for always defending Juventus and its colours. I feel part of the club, of the city and of its traditions."
On 'popstar' footballers, he continued: "Today footballers who are not 'popstars' sell little, have little media visibility. A player who goes out to dinner the week in which his team loses the match (which is obviously something you can do) becomes much more popular of a player than who goes to a charity event or who, for example, goes to help a community.
"My effort today is to try to influence the new generations of athletes and footballers. I can be a high level athlete, I can play with the best in the world, for the greatest national team in the world, have a successful career, earn a lot of money (because we are not hypocrites, we all want to earn money), but still lead a normal life. I don't need to go around showing off super cars and always being in the midst of social controversy.
"Of course no one is perfect, we all make mistakes and learn, which is what I have tried to do throughout
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