Alex Dupont

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

Alex Dupont
Personal information
Full name Alex Dupont
Date of birth (1954-06-30)30 June 1954[1]
Place of birth Dunkirk, France
Date of death 1 August 2020(2020-08-01) (aged 66)
Place of death La Turbie, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1972 Dunkerque
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 Dunkerque
1975–1979 Hazebrouck
1979–1983 Dunkerque
Teams managed
1984–1985 Dunkerque
1990–1996 Dunkerque
1997 Charleville
1997–1998 Boulogne
1998–2000 Gueugnon
2000–2001 Sedan
2004 Laval
2004–2006 Amiens
2007–2008 Gueugnon
2009–2012 Brest
2012 Ajaccio
2013–2016 Brest
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Dupont played as a midfielder for Dunkerque and Hazebrouck.[3][4]

Coaching career

He coached Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000,[5] Sedan, Laval, Amiens.[6] He managed Brest since 2009, when he took over from Gérald Baticle.[7][8]

On 26 April 2012, French top-flight strugglers Brest sacked him, just five games before the end of the season..[9]

On 22 June 2012, Dupont was named as head coach of Ligue 1 side AC Ajaccio.[10] He was sacked by Ajaccio on 17 December 2012.[11]

He returned to manage Brest in 2013. At the end of the 2015–16 season, his expiring contract with the Ligue 2 side was not renewed.[3]

He died on 1 August 2020.[12]

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