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 name
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral
Nationality
Brazilian
Born
30 September 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 43) Itumbiara, GO, Brazil
Height
201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight
86 kg (190 lb)
Spike
345 cm (136 in)
Block
327 cm (129 in)
Volleyball information
Position
Outside spiker
Current club
Retired
Career
Years
Teams
1999–2000
Três Corações
2000–2001
Suzano São Paulo
2001–2002
Minas Tênis Clube
2002–2005
Pallavolo Modena
2005–2008
Panathinaikos V.C.
2008–2011
VC Dynamo Moscow
2011–2012
RJX
2012–2014
Panasonic Panthers
2014–2015
Funvic Taubaté
2015–2016
EC São José
2016–2017
PAOK Thessaloniki
2017–2018
Funvic 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
2004 Athens
Team
2008 Beijing
Team
2012 London
Team
World Championship
2002 Argentina
Team
2006 Japan
Team
2010 Italy
Team
World Cup
2003 Japan
Team
2007 Japan
Team
2011 Japan
Team
World Grand Champions Cup
2001 Japan
Team
World League
2001 Katowice
Team
2003 Madrid
Team
2004 Rome
Team
2005 Belgrade
Team
2006 Moscow
Team
2007 Katowice
Team
2010 Córdoba
Team
2002 Belo Horizonte
Team
2011 Gdańsk
Team
2013 Mar del Plata
Team
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
Team
2003 Santo Domingo
Team
South American Championship
2011 Cuiabá
Team
2013 Cabo Frio
Team
Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian 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]
^"Team Roster – Brazil". fivb.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^"AMARAL, Dante". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
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