Dante Guimarães Amaral
Dante Guimarães Amaral (born September 30, 1980 in Itumbiara , Brazil ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .
Career
Dante Amaral, who plays in the position of outside attacker at a height of 2.03 m, began his professional career in 1999 at the Brazilian club Tres Corações. After further stints at Suzano São Paulo and Minas Belo Horizonte, where he won the Brazilian championship in 2002, Dante moved to the Italian league to Pallavolo Modena . In 2005 Dante moved to the top Greek club Panathinaikos Athens and won a championship , two cups and the Greek Supercup in the following years . Between 2008 and 2011 he was under contract with VK Dynamo Moscow , where he reached the final of the Volleyball Champions League in 2010 . Then he went back to his Brazilian homeland to RJX Rio de Janeiro . From there he moved to Japan to join the Panasonic Panthers. In 2014 he went back to Brazil and played for Funvic Taubaté and EC São José. After another year in Greece, where he won the Greek championship with PAOK Thessaloniki VC, he returned to Funvic Taubaté.
National team
With the Brazilian national team, Dante, who was one of the top performers in his team, won a total of 18 titles. The most important awards are the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the three World Championships in 2002, 2006 and 2010, which he completed as the best attacker.
Career
| Period | society |
|---|---|
| 1999-2000 |
 Tres Corações
|
| 2000-2001 |
Suzano Sao Paulo
|
| 2001-2002 |
Minas Belo Horizonte
|
| 2002-2005 |
 Pallavolo Modena
|
| 2005-2008 |
 Panathinaikos Athens
|
| 2008-2011 |
 VK Dynamo Moscow
|
| 2011–2012 |
RJX Rio de Janeiro
|
| 2012-2014 |
 Panasonic Panthers
|
| 2014-2016 |
Funvic Taubaté
|
| 2015-2016 |
EC São José
|
| 2016-2017 |
PAOK Thessaloniki VC
|
| 2017– |
Funvic Taubaté
|
title
- Brazilian champion: 2002
- Greek champion : 2006, 2017
- Greek Cup Winner: 2007, 2008
- Greek Super Cup: 2006
- Russian Supercup: 2009
- CEV Cup : 2004
- Gold medal in the Olympic Games : 2004
- Silver medal in Olympic Games : 2008, 2012
- World Champion : 2002, 2006 , 2010
- World League : 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
- World Cup : 2003, 2007
- Copa America: 1999, 2001
- South American Championship: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Pan American Games : 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ UpClosed: About Dante Amaral - Biography | UpClosed. Retrieved July 11, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ BRA M: Dante Amaral returns to Brazil! Accessed July 11, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amaral, Dante Guimarães |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian national volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itumbiara , Brazil |