Dante Amaral

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]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Guimarães Santos and the second or paternal family name is do Amaral.

Dante Amaral
Personal information
Full nameDante Guimarães Santos do Amaral
NationalityBrazilian
Born30 September 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 43)
Itumbiara, GO, Brazil
Height201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside spiker
Current clubRetired
Career
YearsTeams
1999–2000Três Corações
2000–2001Suzano São Paulo
2001–2002Minas Tênis Clube
2002–2005Pallavolo Modena
2005–2008Panathinaikos V.C.
2008–2011VC Dynamo Moscow
2011–2012RJX
2012–2014Panasonic Panthers
2014–2015Funvic Taubaté
2015–2016EC São José
2016–2017PAOK Thessaloniki
2017–2018Funvic Taubaté
National team
1999–2013 Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 0
World Championship 3 0 0
World Cup 2 0 1
World Grand Champions Cup 0 1 0
World League 7 3 0
Pan American Games 1 0 1
Total 14 6 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Argentina Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Japan Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Italy Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 Japan Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place2001 JapanTeam
World League
Gold medal – first place 2001 Katowice Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Madrid Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Belgrade Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Katowice Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Córdoba Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belo Horizonte Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gdańsk Team
Silver medal – second place2013 Mar del PlataTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cuiabá Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cabo Frio Team

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. 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

Clubs

CEV Champions League

CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2003/2004 – with Modena Volley

National team

Individual
  • 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
  1. "Team Roster – Brazil". fivb.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "AMARAL, Dante". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
  3. 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.
  4. FIVB (25 September 2011). "Brazil book place in World Cup with South American Championship win". Retrieved 29 September 2011.


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