Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a Brazilian former 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]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dante Amaral.
- Dante Amaral at the International Volleyball Federation
- Dante Amaral at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
- Dante Amaral at Olympics.com
- Dante Amaral at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dante Amaral at Olympedia
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