Dante Bonfim Costa Santos

Dante

Personal information
Full name	Dante Bonfim Costa Santos
Date of birth	18 October 1983 (1983-10-18) (age 28)
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

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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

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Name	Dante Bonfim Costa
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Date of birth	18 October 1983
Place of birth	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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