Dante Amaral

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
Born30 September 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 44)
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 place 2001 Japan Team
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 place 2013 Mar del Plata Team
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

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]

  1. ^ "Team Roster – Brazil". fivb.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "AMARAL, Dante". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.