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Dante Amaral

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Competitor for Brazil
Olympic medal record
Men’s Volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold	Athens 2004	Team
World Championship
Gold	Argentina 2002	Team
Gold	Japan 2006	Team
World League
Gold	2001 Katowice	Team competition
Gold	2003 Madrid	Team competition
Gold	2004 Rome	Team competition
Gold	2005 Belgrade	Team competition
Gold	2006 Moscow	Team competition
Gold	2007 Katowice	Team competition
Silver	2002 Belo Horizonte	Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Team competition
Bronze	Santo Domingo 2003	Team

Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September, 1980 in Itumbiara) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2,01 m and 86 kg, he plays in the position of wing-spiker. Dante began his professional career in 1999 with the club Tres Coracoes. 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. Since 2005 he plays to the Greek giants Panathinaikos, aiming to win the Champions League. Up to now 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 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.

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	Greece	2005-2006	...

Titles

Club
- Brazilian Championship : 2002
- CEV Cup : 2004
- Greek Championship: 2006
- Greek Cup: 2007
- Greek Supercup: 2007
National Team
- Olympic Games : 2004
- World Championship : 2002, 2006
- World League : 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- World Cup : 2003, 2007
- South American Championship : 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Copa America: 1999, 2001
- Pan American Games : 2007

	Brazil - 2004 Summer Olympics Gold Medal
1 \| \| 2 \| 3 Giovane \| 4 André Heller \| 6 Mauricio \| 7 Giba \| 9 André Nascimento \| 10 Sérgio \| 11 Anderson \| 12 Nalbert \| 13 Gustavo \| 14 Rodrigão \| 17 Ricardo \| 18 Dante \| Coach: Bernardinho

	Brazil - 2002 Men's World Championship Champions (1st Tiltle)
1 \| \| 2 Giovane \| 5 Henrique \| 6 Maurício \| 7 Giba \| 9 André \| 10 Sérgio \| 11 Anderson \| 12 Nalbert \| 13 Gustavo \| 14 Rodrigo \| 17 Ricardo \| 18 Dante \| Coach: Rezende

	Brazil - 2003 Pan American Games Bronze Medal
Giovane \| Sérgio \| Rodrigo \| Gustavo \| André Heller \| André \| Anderson \| Giba \| Nalbert \| Dante \| Ricardinho \| Mauricio

	Brazil - World League 2006 Champions (6th Tiltle)
1 Bruno \| \| 2 Marcelinho \| 4 André Heller \| 5 Sidão \| 6 Vissotto \| 7 Giba \| 8 Murilo \| 9 André \| 10 Sérgio \| 11 Anderson \| 12 Samuel \| 13 Gustavo \| 14 Rodrigão \| 16 Ezinho \| 17 Ricardo \| 18 Dante \| Coach: Rezende

	Brazil - 2006 Men's World Championship Champions (2nd Tiltle)
1 \| \| 2 Marcelinho \| 4 André Heller \| 7 Giba \| 8 Murilo \| 9 André \| 10 Sérgio \| 11 Anderson \| 12 Samuel \| 13 Gustavo \| 14 Rodrigo \| 17 Ricardo \| 18 Dante \| Coach: Rezende

	Brazil - World League 2007 Champions (7th Tiltle)
1 Bruno \| \| 2 Marcelinho \| 3 Eder \| 4 André Heller \| 5 Sidão \| 6 Samuel \| 7 Giba \| 8 Murilo \| 9 André \| 10 (L) Sérgio \| 11 Anderson \| 12 Nalbert \| 13 Gustavo \| 14 Rodrigão \| 15 Minuzzi \| 16 Thiago \| 17 (C) Ricardinho \| 18 Dante \| 19 (L) Alan \| Coach: Bernardinho