Dante Amaral
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring he played 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. 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 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.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
2001/2002 Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube2005/2006 Greek League, with Panathinaikos Athens2012/2013 Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube2016/2017 Greek League, with P.A.O.K. ThessalonikiCEV Champions League
- 2002/2003 – with Modena Volley
- 2009/2010 – with Dynamo Moscow
- 2010/2011 – with Dynamo Moscow
CEV Challenge Cup
- 2003/2004 – with Modena Volley