Dante Amaral

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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.[1]

He was born in Itumbiara.[2]

Biography

Early years

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[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. 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.[4]

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

Individual awards

References

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External links


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