Alex Dupont (footballer)
Alex Jacques René Dupont (30 June 1954 – 1 August 2020) was a French professional football player and manager.
| Dupont (right) in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Jacques René Dupont[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1954[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dunkirk,[1] France | ||
| Date of death | 1 August 2020 (aged 66)[1] | ||
| Place of death | La Turbie,[1] France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1972 | Dunkerque | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1975 | Dunkerque | ||
| 1975–1979 | Hazebrouck | ||
| 1979–1983 | Dunkerque | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Dunkerque | ||
| 1990–1996 | Dunkerque | ||
| 1997 | Charleville | ||
| 1997–1998 | Boulogne | ||
| 1998–2000 | Gueugnon | ||
| 2000–2001 | Sedan | ||
| 2001–2002 | Qatar (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Laval | ||
| 2004–2006 | Amiens | ||
| 2006–2007 | United Arab Emirates U21 | ||
| 2007–2008 | Gueugnon | ||
| 2009–2012 | Brest | ||
| 2012 | Ajaccio | ||
| 2013–2016 | Brest | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Dupont played as a midfielder for Dunkerque and Hazebrouck.[3][4]
Managerial career edit
He managed Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000,[5] Sedan, Laval and Amiens.[6] He replaced Gérald Baticle as manager of Brest in 2009.[7][8]
On 26 April 2012, he was sacked as Brest manager after just five games before the end of the season, bringing in Corentin Martins as interim manager.[9]
On 22 June 2012, Dupont was named as head coach of Ligue 1 side Ajaccio.[10] He was sacked on 17 December 2012.[11]
He returned to manage Brest in 2013. At the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, the club did not renew his contract.[3]
Death edit
Dupont died from cardiac arrest on 1 August 2020.[12]
Honours edit
Gueugnon
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1999–2000
Individual
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Fichier des décès – année 2020" [Death file – year 2020] (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Alex Dupont at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ a b "Football: le Dunkerquois Alex Dupont finit l'aventure brestoise et se projette vers une sélection africaine (1/2)". La Voix du Nord (in French). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ "FC Gueugnon – Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) – Saison 1999/2000 – Coupe de la Ligue BKT". LFP (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ Dupont appointed Ajaccio coach FIFA.com
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Ancien entraîneur emblématique de Dunkerque, Alex Dupont est décédé". La Voix Du Nord (in French). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.