Alex Dupont (footballer)

For the Canadian wheelchair racer, see Alex Dupont (athlete).

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

Alex Dupont

Dupont (right) in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Alex Jacques René Dupont[1]
Date of birth	(1954-06-30)30 June 1954[1]
Place of birth	Dunkirk,[1] France
Date of death	1 August 2020(2020-08-01) (aged 66)[1]
Place of death	La Turbie,[1] France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[citation needed]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1972	Dunkerque
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1975	Dunkerque	1	(0)
1975–1978	Hazebrouck	67+[a]	(0+)
1978–1983	Dunkerque	72	(0)
Total		140+	(0+)
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

Dupont played as a midfielder for Dunkerque and Hazebrouck.^[2][3]

Managerial career

He managed Dunkerque, Charleville, Boulogne, Gueugnon, with whom he won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2000,^[4] Sedan, Laval and Amiens.^[5] He replaced Gérald Baticle as manager of Brest in 2009.^[6][7]

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.^[8]

On 22 June 2012, Dupont was named as head coach of Ligue 1 side Ajaccio.^[9] He was sacked on 17 December 2012.^[10]

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

Death

Dupont died from cardiac arrest on 1 August 2020.^[11]

Honours

Manager

Gueugnon

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1999–2000

Individual

• Ligue 2 Manager of the Year: 2009–10

Notes

1. Statistics unknown for the 1977–78 season.