OGC Nice: Dante, the taste for coaching

Suddenly, a roar. Sixty-ninth minute into the game, the Gym is not offering much against Reims on Friday night, but a man comes on and gets the fans on their feet. Dante, who received a standing ovation from the Allianz Riviera after the right knee injury that kept him out of Angers and Paris, is making his return to the pitch. The Brazilian is even expected to appear in the starting eleven against Rennes on Saturday.

Before Brittany, the captain made a detour to the capital to settle in around the Canal Football Club, where he was a guest on Sunday evening. And the player who has extended his contract with Gym until June 2026 shared his desire to coach, once his interminable career is behind him. " My big goal is to coach. I don't see myself far from football; it's an environment that I already miss when I think about the end of my career. That little pressure, that adrenaline, that responsibility of having to wake up every morning and smell the grass..."

"I want to transmit human values"

Having arrived in Nice in 2016, the former Bayern player confirmed in February that the 2025-2026 season, for which he has re-signed, would be his last. " A decade is a good number ."

Often described as a model of work and behavior for his teammates, Dante went in this direction by giving a glimpse of the profile of manager he wishes to become in the future.

" I want to pass on human values, my knowledge of football, and sharing. I think that for me, the next step will be a coaching position, with a real vision and as high as possible. With the goal of helping players progress in their careers and human beings in their lives. "