- Dante Bonfim Costa Santos
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Dante Personal information Full name Dante Bonfim Costa Santos Date of birth 18 October 1983 Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Centre-back Club information Current club Borussia M'gladbach Number 31 Youth career 1998 Catuense Futebol SA 1999 Galícia Esporte Clube 2000 Capivariano FC 2001 Juventude Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2004 Juventude 22 (0) 2004–2006 Lille 12 (0) 2006–2007 Charleroi 23 (1) 2007–2009 Standard Liège 63 (2) 2009– Borussia M'gladbach 69 (8) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:36, 21 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (born 18 October 1983), usually known simply as Dante, is a Brazilian football player who currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany as centre back.[1][2]
Trivia
In his time in Germany he has become well known for his large "afro" hair, becoming a cult hero with Gladbach fans regularly sporting afro wigs as an homage to Dante.
References
- ^ "Dante: Bochum auswärts stärker" (in German). VfL Bochum. 15 January 2011. http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7427_3_de.htm. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Dante" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2010-11/borussia-mgladbach-15/33694/spieler_dante.html. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
External links
- Dante at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Dante French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Dante at sambafoot
Borussia Mönchengladbach – current squad 1 Ter Stegen · 2 Zimmermann · 3 Daems (c) · 4 Brouwers · 7 Herrmann · 8 Rupp · 9 Bobadilla · 10 De Camargo · 11 Reus · 13 Neustädter · 14 Marx · 15 King · 16 Nordtveit · 17 Wendt · 18 Arango · 19 Hanke · 20 Leckie · 21 Blaswich · 23 Otsu · 24 Jantschke · 27 Korb · 28 Kachunga · 31 Dante · 33 Heimeroth · 39 Stranzl · Coach: Favre
Categories:- Brazilian footballers
- Esporte Clube Juventude players
- Lille OSC players
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- Standard Liège players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian football defender, 1980s birth stubs
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