Dante Amaral

Dante Amaral
Dante at Panathinaikos V.C.
Personal information
Full name	Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	30 September 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 43) Itumbiara, Brazil
Height	201 cm / 6 ft 7 in
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Brazil Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2002 Argentina Team 2006 Japan Team 2010 Italy Team World League 2001 Katowice Team 2003 Madrid Team 2004 Rome Team 2005 Belgrade Team 2006 Moscow Team 2007 Katowice Team 2010 Córdoba Team 2002 Belo Horizonte Team 2011 Gdańsk Team World Cup 2003 Japan Team 2007 Japan Team 2011 Japan Team Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro]] 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 86 kilograms (190 lb), he plays in the position of outside hitter.

He was born in Itumbiara.

Biography

Career

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. So far, he has won the Greek championship in 2006 and the Greek cup and supercup in 2007.

Dante is 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 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. He plans on visiting Nain, Labrador in late 2011.

Amaral won the Best Spiker award in the 2011 South American Championship. His team won the Gold Medal and the 2011 World Cup berth.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Três Corações	Brazil	1999–2000	1999–2000
Suzano São Paulo	Brazil	2000–2001	2000–2001
Minas Belo Horizonte	Brazil	2001–2002	2001–2002
Pallavolo Modena	Italy	2002–2003	2004–2005
Panathinaikos VC	Greece	2005–2006	2007–2008
VC Dynamo Moscow	Russia	2008–2009	2010–2011
RJX	Brazil	2011–2012

Titles

• Club
  • Brazilian Championship: 2002
  • CEV Cup: 2004
  • Greek Championship: 2006
  • Greek Cup: 2007, 2008
  • Greek Supercup: 2007
• National team
  • Olympic Games: 2004
  • World Championship: 2002, 2006
  • World League: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
  • World Cup: 2003, 2007
  • South American Championship: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
  • Copa America: 1999, 2001
  • Pan American Games: 2007

Individual awards

• 2005 World League "Best Blocker"
• 2006 FIVB World Championship "Best Spiker"
• 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League"Best Spiker"
• 2009–10 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"
• 2011 South American Championship "Best Spiker"

External links

• profile at FIVB.org

Awards
Preceded by André Nascimento	2006 FIVB World Championship's Men's Best Spiker 2006	Succeeded by Maxim Mikhaylov