Dante Marini

{{short description|American soccer player}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dante Marini | image = Dante Marini (29965721422) (cropped).jpg | caption = Marini playing with Charleston Battery in 2016 | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|21}} | birth_place = Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Charleston Battery | clubnumber = 19 | collegeyears1 = 2010–2013 | college1 = Northeastern Huskies | years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Reading United | caps1 = 19 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2014–2020 | clubs2 = Charleston Battery | caps2 = 115 | goals2 = 9 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = October 5, 2020 }}

'''Dante Marini''' (born July 21, 1992, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) is an American former soccer player.

==Career== ===College and youth=== Marini played four years of college soccer at Northeastern University from 2010 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorunners.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13300&ATCLID=204982725 |title=Eric Shannon Bio - GoRunners.com—Official Web Site of the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners |publisher=Gorunners.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-17}}</ref> While at college, Marini appeared for USL PDL club Reading United AC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/dante-marini/ |title=Dante Marini |publisher=SoccerStats.us |date= |accessdate=2014-05-17}}</ref>

===Professional=== Marini signed his first professional deal with USL Pro club Charleston Battery in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://charlestonbattery.com/players/dante-marini/ |title=Players |publisher=Charleston Battery |date=1992-07-21 |accessdate=2014-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151832/http://charlestonbattery.com/players/dante-marini/ |archive-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2021, Marini indicated his retirement from professional soccer with a post on social media.<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Marini |first=Dante |author-link= |user=dmarini14 |number=1388237924857225219 |date=Apr 30, 2021 |title=From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone that has been a part of this incredible journey. I'm so grateful I got to play this game for a living. Dream big, Play bigger! |language=en |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{USL player}} * [http://gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2581 Huskies profile] * {{Twitter}}

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