Dante Amaral

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 m he played in the position of outside hitter. He was born in Itumbiara.

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, playing with Pallavolo Modena, where he won the CEV Cup. In 2005 he joined Greek team Panathinaikos. He won the Greek championship in 2006 and the Greek cup and supercup in 2007.

Dante was 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.

Amaral won the Best Spiker award in the 2011 South American Championship. His team won the gold medal and the 2011 World Cup berth.

Clubs

 * 2001/2002 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube
 * 2005/2006 Gold medal with cup.svg Greek League, with Panathinaikos Athens
 * 2012/2013 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Superliga, with Minas Tênis Clube
 * 2016/2017 Gold medal with cup.svg Greek League, with P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki

CEV Champions League

 * Silver medal with cup.svg 2002/2003 – with Modena Volley
 * Silver medal with cup.svg 2009/2010 – with Dynamo Moscow
 * Bronze medal with cup.svg 2010/2011 – with Dynamo Moscow

CEV Challenge Cup

 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2003/2004 – with Modena Volley

National team

 * 1999 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
 * 2001 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2001 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
 * 2001 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
 * 2002 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2002 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
 * 2003 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2003 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
 * 2003 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
 * 2003 Bronze medal with cup.svg Pan American Games
 * 2004 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2004 Gold medal with cup.svg Olympic Games
 * 2005 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2005 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
 * 2006 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2006 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
 * 2007 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2007 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
 * 2007 Gold medal with cup.svg Pan American Games
 * 2008 Silver medal with cup.svg Olympic Games
 * 2010 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2010 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
 * 2011 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2011 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
 * 2012 Silver medal with cup.svg Olympic Games
 * 2013 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League

Individual

 * 2004 FIVB World League – Best Receiver
 * 2004 Summer Olympics – Best Spiker
 * 2005 FIVB World League – Best Blocker
 * 2005 America's Cup – Most Valuable Player
 * 2005 America's Cup – Best Attacker
 * 2006 FIVB World Championship – Best Spiker
 * 2007 FIVB World Cup – Best Spiker
 * 2008 FIVB World League – Best Spiker
 * 2010 CEV Champions League – Best Spiker
 * 2010 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Receiver
 * 2011 South American Championship – Best Spiker
 * 2014 Kurowashiki Tournament – Ideal Player