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

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, Poli began his career with

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-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. In 2003, he left Chile for Argentine side Nueva Chicago, but shortly after finally moved to Europe to sign for Greek club

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. However, he lasted only a season there before returning to Chile with

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and competes ...

in 2004. He moved to the

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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

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. In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship and the 1995 South American U20 Championship. At senior level, in 1997 he made two appearances for Chile in both the friendly match against

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and the

1997 Copa América Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South Ameri ...

match against

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Post-retirement

In 2009, Poli graduated as a

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at the (National Football Institute), but he hasn't practiced the profession. Poli works as a sports commentator on both ESPN Chile and . Previously, he worked on the sports channels CDF and

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Honours

Club

Universidad Católica *

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(2): 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura *

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(1):

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International

Chile U17 *

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third place:

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References

External links

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Dante Poli
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) {{DEFAULTSORT:Poli, Dante 1976 births Living people People from Arica Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers Xanthi F.C. players Unión Española footballers Puerto Rico Islanders players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Super League Greece players USL First Division players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football defenders 1997 Copa América players Chilean football managers Chilean radio personalities Chilean association football commentators Canal del Fútbol color commentators