Dante (footballer)
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Dante with Bayern Munich in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dante Bonfim Costa Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Nice | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998 | Catuense Futebol | ||
| 1999 | Galícia Esporte Clube | ||
| 2000 | Capivariano FC | ||
| 2001 | Juventude | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Juventude | 53 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Lille | 12 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Charleroi | 24 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Standard Liège | 63 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | Mönchengladbach | 93 | (8) |
| 2012–2015 | Bayern Munich | 86 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | VfL Wolfsburg | 24 | (1) |
| 2016– | Nice | 23 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Brazil | 13 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 July 2014 |
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Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (born 18 October 1983), commonly known as Dante (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdɐ̃tʃi]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for French Ligue 1 club Nice. Primarily a central defender, he has previously also been used as a defensive midfielder or a left back.
Produced at Juventude, he went on to join Lille, Charleroi and Standard Liège, winning the Belgian Pro League with the latter. In January 2009, he was signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach, spending two-and-a-half seasons before making a €4.7 million move to Bayern Munich, where he won nine domestic and international honours.
Dante made his international debut for Brazil in 2013, winning that year's Confederations Cup and representing the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Dante joined Juventude's youth system in 2001 and by 2002 became a part of the club's first team setup. In 2004, he made his move to European football, signing for Lille in France. After two seasons with the club where he only featured in 12 league games, Dante moved to Belgium, signing for Charleroi in 2006. After a successful campaign in the Belgian Pro League for Charleroi where he made 27 appearances and helped the club to a respectable fifth-place finish, he moved across the country to Standard Liège.
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