Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) he played in the position of outside hitter.[1] He was born in Itumbiara.[2]
Biography
[edit]Early years
[edit]Career
[edit]Dante began his professional career in 1999 with the club Tres Corações. After another two years at Brazilian clubs Suzano São Paulo and Minas Belo Horizonte, in 2002 he got transferred to Italy, playing with Pallavolo Modena, where he won the CEV Cup. In 2005 he joined Greek team Panathinaikos. He won the Greek championship in 2006 and the Greek cup and supercup in 2007.
Dante was also a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team since 1999. Among the titles he has won with Brazil is the Olympic gold medal in 2004[3] and the World Championship in 2002 and 2006. In both the 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 World Championship he was nominated as the best spiker, while he was the best blocker in 2005 World League.
Amaral won the Best Spiker award in the 2011 South American Championship. His team won the gold medal and the 2011 World Cup berth.[4]
Sporting achievements
[edit]Clubs
[edit]- 2001/2002
Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube
- 2005/2006
Greek League, with Panathinaikos Athens
- 2012/2013
Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube
- 2016/2017
Greek League, with P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
CEV Champions League
[edit]2002/2003 – with Modena Volley
2009/2010 – with Dynamo Moscow
2010/2011 – with Dynamo Moscow
CEV Challenge Cup
[edit]2003/2004 – with Modena Volley
National team
[edit]- 1999
South American Championship
- 2001
FIVB World League
- 2001
South American Championship
- 2001
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2002
FIVB World League
- 2002
FIVB World Championship
- 2003
FIVB World League
- 2003
South American Championship
- 2003
FIVB World Cup
- 2003
Pan American Games
- 2004
FIVB World League
- 2004
Olympic Games
- 2005
FIVB World League
- 2005
South American Championship
- 2006
FIVB World League
- 2006
FIVB World Championship
- 2007
FIVB World League
- 2007
FIVB World Cup
- 2007
Pan American Games
- 2008
Olympic Games
- 2010
FIVB World League
- 2010
FIVB World Championship
- 2011
FIVB World League
- 2011
FIVB World Cup
- 2012
Olympic Games
- 2013
FIVB World League
Individual
[edit]- 2004 FIVB World League – Best Receiver
- 2004 Summer Olympics – Best Spiker
- 2005 FIVB World League – Best Blocker
- 2005 America's Cup – Most Valuable Player
- 2005 America's Cup – Best Attacker
- 2006 FIVB World Championship – Best Spiker
- 2007 FIVB World Cup – Best Spiker
- 2008 FIVB World League – Best Spiker
- 2010 CEV Champions League – Best Spiker
- 2010 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Receiver
- 2011 South American Championship – Best Spiker
- 2014 Kurowashiki Tournament – Ideal Player
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Roster – Brazil". fivb.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "AMARAL, Dante". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dante (full name: Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ FIVB (25 September 2011). "Brazil book place in World Cup with South American Championship win". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
External links
[edit]- Dante Amaral at the International Volleyball Federation
- Dante Amaral at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Dante Amaral at Olympics.com
- Dante Amaral at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dante Amaral at Olympedia