Carvajal's 2023/24 season
At 32 years of age, Dani Carvajal has had the best season of his successful career. His collection of great moments does not end with the header in the final against Borussia Dortmund and the subsequent celebration with the ‘Orejona’. Carvajal has also won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup with Real Madrid – the European Super Cup, also won by Los Merengues, was played outside the period awarded in this edition of the World 11 – and with the Spanish national team he won EURO 2024.
In the 2023/24 Champions League, he played 10 of the 12 matches. In addition to his usual offensive contribution, he was the Real defender with the most tackles made and one of the three with the most balls recovered. His sixth European Cup title places him alongside Paco Gento and Luka Modric as the club's all-time winners in the competition.
In La Liga he completed 7 goals + assists (4+3), the most effective combination of the season in Spain among those who only played as a right-back.
In the Spanish Super Cup he equalised five minutes from time in the semi-final against Atletico Madrid – Real Madrid would go on to win 5-3 in extra time – as well as providing an assist.
On his EURO debut, he scored the only goal of his Spanish career against Croatia in the group stage. He started five of La Roja's seven matches en route to their fourth European crown.