Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980 in Itumbiara

Itumbiara

Itumbiara is a small city and municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. The population was 100,000 in a total area of 2,461,3 km²...

) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian professional volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2,01 m and 86 kg, he plays in the position of outside hitter.

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

Italy

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, playing with Pallavolo Modena

Pallavolo Modena

Casa Modena is a professional volleyball team ofPallavolo Modena, based in Modena, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League and it is one of the most important, famous and prominent volleyball clubs in the world.-Squad 2010-2012:-Achievements:...

, where he won the CEV Cup

CEV Cup

The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...

. In 2005 he joined Greek team Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos is a multi-sport club based in Athens, Greece. It has the shamrock as its official emblem and green and white as its colours...

. So far, 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

Brazil men's national volleyball team

The Brazil men's national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol and takes part in international volleyball competitions...

 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.
He plans on visiting Nain, Labrador in late 2011.

Amaral won the Best Spiker award in the 2011 South American Championship

2011 Men's South American Volleyball Championship

The 2011 Men's South American Volleyball Championship is the 29th edition of the tournament, organised by CSV. It is held in Cuiabá, Brazil from September 19 to 25, 2011...

. His team won the Gold Medal and the 2011 World Cup

2011 FIVB Men's World Cup

The 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup is played from November 20 – December 4, in Japan. The tournament is the first step in the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom...

 berth.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Três Corações		1999–2000	1999–2000
Suzano São Paulo		2000–2001	2000–2001
Minas Belo Horizonte		2001–2002	2001–2002
Pallavolo Modena Pallavolo Modena Casa Modena is a professional volleyball team ofPallavolo Modena, based in Modena, Italy. It plays in Italian Volleyball League and it is one of the most important, famous and prominent volleyball clubs in the world.-Squad 2010-2012:-Achievements:...		2002–2003	2004–2005
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos VC Panathinaikos Volleyball Club is the professional volleyball team of Panathinaikos, the Athens-based multi-sport club. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Greece.-History:...		2005–2006	2007–2008
VC Dynamo Moscow		2008–2009

Titles

• Club
  • Brazilian Championship
    Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol
    The Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol is the top level Brazilian volleyball competition and it is organized by the Brazilian Volleyball Confederation. There are both men's and women's competitions...
    
    : 2002
  • CEV Cup
    CEV Cup
    The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...
    
    : 2004
  • Greek Championship: 2006
  • Greek Cup: 2007, 2008
  • Greek Supercup: 2007
• National team
  • Olympic Games: 2004
  • World Championship: 2002, 2006
  • World League: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
  • World Cup: 2003, 2007
  • South American Championship
    South America Volleyball Championship
    The South American Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Confederacion Sudamericana de Voleibol, the South America volleyball federation. There are both men's and women's competitions....
    
    : 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
  • Copa America: 1999, 2001
  • Pan American Games
    Volleyball at the Pan American Games
    Volleyball for both men and women is played at the Pan American Games since 1955, when the second edition of the multi-sports event was staged in Mexico City, Mexico.-Men's Winners:-Medal Table:-Women's Winners:-Medal Table:...
    
    : 2007

Individual awards

• 2006 FIVB World Championship "Best Spiker"
• 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2009–10 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"
• 2011 South American Championship "Best Spiker"