Dante Poli
Personal information
Full name Dante Eugenio Poli García
Date of birth (1976-08-15) 15 August 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Arica, Chile
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1991–1993 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 Universidad Católica 70 (4)
2002–2003 Nueva Chicago 20 (1)
2003–2004 Skoda Xanthi 12 (0)
2004–2005 Unión Española 27 (0)
2005–2006 Puerto Rico Islanders 7 (0)
Total 136 (5)
International career
1993 Chile U17 13 (2)
1995 Chile U20 7 (1)
1997 Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dante Eugenio Poli García (born 15 August 1976) is a Chilean football pundit and former player. He played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Arica, Poli began his career with Santiago-based club Universidad Católica, with whom he won the Chilean Primera División title in 1997 and 2002. He went on trial with Manchester United in July and August 1997, and played in three friendlies for the club, but was not signed on a permanent basis.[1] In 2003, he left Chile for Argentine side Nueva Chicago, but shortly after finally moved to Europe to sign for Greek club Skoda Xanthi. However, he lasted only a season there before returning to Chile with Unión Española in 2004. He moved to the Puerto Rico Islanders in 2005, where he finished his career, retiring in 2006.

International career

He played for Chile in both the 1993 FIFA U17 World Championship in Japan, where Chile reached the third place, and the 1995 FIFA U20 Championship in Qatar. In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship[2] and the 1995 South American U20 Championship.[3]

At senior level, in 1997 he made two appearances for Chile in both the friendly match against Jamaica and the 1997 Copa América match against Ecuador.[4]

Post-retirement

In 2009, Poli graduated as a football manager at the INAF [es] (National Football Institute),[5] but he hasn't practiced the profession.

Poli works as a sports commentator on both ESPN Chile[6] and Radio Futuro [es].[7] Previously, he worked on the sports channels CDF[8] and Fox Sports Chile.[9]

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica

International

Chile U17

References

  1. ^ "Dante Poli". redstat.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Dante Poli". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "José Luis Sierra y Pedro Reyes encabezaron nueva generación de técnicos egresados de INAF". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ^ Reyes, Soledad (3 February 2022). "Dante Poli anunció que renunciaría a ESPN si La Roja le gana a Brasil". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  7. ^ Puebla, Diego (11 April 2022). "Dante Poli y la U: "Este equipo da para la mitad de la tabla, no más que eso"". Futuro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Panelistas de "En el nombre del fútbol" harán la previa del Mundial en la Universidad San Sebastián". Universia (in Spanish). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ^ "La airada discusión de Dante Poli y Fernando Solabarrieta por la gestión de Arturo Salah" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

External links

Chile squad – 1997 Copa América
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