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Alex Dupont (footballer)

French football player and manager (1954–2020)

Summary

French football player and manager (1954–2020)

Field	Value
name	Alex Dupont
image	Odyssea Brest 08092013 22.JPG
caption	Dupont (right) in 2013
fullname	Alex Jacques René Dupont
birth_date
birth_place	Dunkirk, France
death_date
death_place	La Turbie, France
height	1.75 m
position	Midfielder
youthyears1	1964–1972
youthclubs1	Dunkerque
years1	1972–1975
clubs1	Dunkerque
caps1	1
goals1	0
years2	1975–1978
clubs2	Hazebrouck
caps2	67+Statistics unknown for the 1977–78 season.
goals2	0+
years3	1978–1983
clubs3	Dunkerque
caps3	72
goals3	0
manageryears1	1984–1985
managerclubs1	Dunkerque
manageryears2	1990–1996
managerclubs2	Dunkerque
manageryears3	1997
managerclubs3	Charleville
manageryears4	1997–1998
managerclubs4	Boulogne
manageryears5	1998–2000
managerclubs5	Gueugnon
manageryears6	2000–2001
managerclubs6	Sedan
manageryears7	2001–2002
managerclubs7	Qatar (assistant)
manageryears8	2004
managerclubs8	Laval
manageryears9	2004–2006
managerclubs9	Amiens
manageryears10	2006–2007
managerclubs10	United Arab Emirates U21
manageryears11	2007–2008
managerclubs11	Gueugnon
manageryears12	2009–2012
managerclubs12	Brest
manageryears13	2012
managerclubs13	Ajaccio
manageryears14	2013–2016
managerclubs14	Brest
totalcaps	140+
totalgoals	0+

Alex Jacques René Dupont (30 June 1954 – 1 August 2020) was a French professional football player and manager.

Playing career

Dupont played as a midfielder for Dunkerque and Hazebrouck.

Managerial career

He managed Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000, Sedan, Laval and Amiens. He replaced Gérald Baticle as manager of Brest in 2009.

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.

On 22 June 2012, Dupont was named as head coach of Ligue 1 side Ajaccio. He was sacked on 17 December 2012.

He returned to manage Brest in 2013. At the end of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, the club did not renew his contract.

Death

Dupont died from cardiac arrest on 1 August 2020.

Honours

Manager

Gueugnon

Coupe de la Ligue: 1999–2000

Individual

Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2009–10

Notes

References

"Fichier des décès – année 2020". National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.
(14 April 2016). "Football: le Dunkerquois Alex Dupont finit l'aventure brestoise et se projette vers une sélection africaine (1/2)".
"Alex Dupont".
"FC Gueugnon – Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) – Saison 1999/2000 – Coupe de la Ligue BKT".
"France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
"Brest: Alex Dupont remplace Baticle - Ligue 2 - Football - Sport.fr".
"Brest : Alex Dupont remplace Gérald Baticle comme entraîneur".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120719231959/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1621046.html Struggling Brest sack coach Dupont] [[FIFA.com]]
[https://archive.today/20130123071622/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1654447.html Dupont appointed Ajaccio coach] FIFA.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140817115238/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1973442.html Ajaccio sack Dupont] FIFA.com
(1 August 2020). "Ancien entraîneur emblématique de Dunkerque, Alex Dupont est décédé".

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