User talk:Dantinho7

great player.

Youth
Dante learned to play soccer in Columbus Parks & Recreation leagues and at SportSite sports facility. His career began to grow as a young boy dominating the Mid-Ohio Select Soccer League. At age eight he was asked to join Academia Deportiva Cantolao. He then joined the team to play in Peru at the world renowned tournament Copa De La Aministad. There he won achievments for most likely to succeed as a midfield player and became friends with age 12 soccer super star Leonel Messi. He ended his youth career playing with the United States branch Cantolao Soccer Academy, where Dante flourished under coaches, Ignacio Garcia, Genaro Von Lembeke, and Zach Hume. As team captain Dante lead a feisty squad to win first place as MOSSL league champions in the 2007-08 season. Garcia was also coached by Seymour Allen and Maziya Chete at Santos Futbol Club. Dante played high school soccer at Upper Arlington High school under coaches Curt Bixel and Louis Arosco. He then played pre season college soccer matches under coach Oliver Konteh as an outside midfielder/forward in (2008). Dante´s passion for the game and desire to play professional soccer lead him to play in the A.F.I.M. tournament in Peru with Cantolao Sub-20 "B squad". Leading his team to a 2009 AFIM championship he was then bumped up to the first team "A squad". Dante now plays in the first division sub-20 mens league for Academia Deportiva Cantolao first team as a forward.

Professional
Upon leaving the United states Dante is currently playing in Peru with sub-20 professional team Academia Deportiva Cantolao.

Coaching career
Coaching as a voulenteer coach at Jones Middle School along side head coach Ignacio Mandriotti Garcia since 2005. Maintaning an "E" coaching license Dante has developed a good idea of the game and how to develope players successfully. Most recently Garcia coached two teams for Academia Deportiva Cantolao U-94/95 in Copa de la Amistad in Peru.