Name: Dante Rafael Unali
Nickname: "Pastor", "Cordobés"
ERA: 1995-1998



Country: Argentina
Club: C.A. Colón
Shirt Number: 3
Position: ★SB
Side: LF/LS
Age: 28-31 (10/12/1966)

Height: 177 cm
Weight: 74 kg

Attack: 68
Defence: 67
Balance: 80
Stamina: 83
Speed: 78
Acceleration: 76
Response: 73
Agility: 74
Dribble Accuracy: 76
Dribble Speed: 75
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 74
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 66
Free Kick Accuracy: 80
Swerve: 77
Heading: 70
Jump: 73
Technique: 76
Aggression: 69
Mentality: 77
GK Skills: 50
Team work: 73

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 3
Weak Foot Frequency: 3
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard/Lasting

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Middle Shooting - Side - Covering - Long Throw

CARDS:
S03 - Long Throw
S06 - Long Range Drive

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Balanced

INFO:
Dante Unali is a former left-back. Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (10/12/1966), he started his professional career for Club Atlético Racing (Cba.) in 1986. In 1987 he joined the ranks of San Martín de Tucumán, where he earned the affection of the cirujas thanks to his excellent performances during his two years at the club. Especially remembered are the two goals he scored against Boca Juniors on November 20, 1988, in the historic 6-1 win that the Tucumán club gave the Argentine giant. In 1989 he joined the ranks of Deportivo Mandiyú, also with solid performances that even led him to play a friendly for the Argentine national team, on March 27, 1991 in a three-way tie between Brazil and Argentina. Unfortunately, Unali suffered the only recorded injury of his career to the patella cartilage before starting that year's Copa América, which ultimately removed him from the list (and from the national team forever).
Between 1991 and 1993 he played 52 games for Club Atlético Huracán, and in 1994 he joined the ranks of Colón de Santa Fe. Unali spent more than seven years in the Santa Fe club, becoming, not only one of the players who most has worn the red and black, but also as the best left back in their history. With the sabaleros, Unali was promoted to the First Division in 1995, in 1997 he achieved the first runner-up finish in the club's history, and in 1998 he reached the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores, all of this being a started and a key piece of the team's success. After Colón, Unali had two short spells with Talleres (Cba.) and Estudiantes de La Plata, finally retiring in 2002.

A stranger in football, -as El Gráfico describes him-, "He prefers to read the foreign press rather than the national one. He does not celebrate when his team wins a game and says that he would not do it even if he won a title. He was the protagonist of a famous doping case in '97 and was able to prove his innocence. Dante Unali thinks and lives differently than most footballers." Unali was a friendless guy in the football world, his teammates considered him a snob and he reckoned that "he didn't have the ability to feel emotions." Even so, many of his colleagues saw him a leader and an example to follow. A compliant left back, with few bad games throughout his career. According to him, he couldn't allow himself to have bad games because "football was his job, and if instead of working as a footballer he worked in a factory, he couldn't afford to do that job badly." Dearly loved by the Colón fans, and very pleasantly remembered by the fans of San Martín and Deportivo Mandiyú, Dante Unali left a great mark on Argentine football in the 90s.