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Alex Dupont

Dupont (right) in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Alex Jacques René Dupont
Date of birth	(1954-06-30)30 June 1954
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)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1972	Dunkerque
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1975	Dunkerque	1	(0)
1975–1978	Hazebrouck	67+	(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

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

1. Statistics unknown for the 1977–78 season.

References

1. ^ "Fichier des décès – année 2020" [Death file – year 2020] (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
2. ^ "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.
3. "Alex Dupont". Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
4. "FC Gueugnon – Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) – Saison 1999/2000 – Coupe de la Ligue BKT". LFP (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
6. "Brest: Alex Dupont remplace Baticle - Ligue 2 - Football - Sport.fr". Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
7. "Brest : Alex Dupont remplace Gérald Baticle comme entraîneur". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
8. Struggling Brest sack coach Dupont FIFA.com
9. Dupont appointed Ajaccio coach FIFA.com
10. Ajaccio sack Dupont FIFA.com
11. "Ancien entraîneur emblématique de Dunkerque, Alex Dupont est décédé". La Voix Du Nord (in French). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

• 1954 births
• 2020 deaths
• Sportspeople from Dunkirk
• Footballers from Nord (French department)
• Men's association football midfielders
• French men's footballers
• French football managers
• USL Dunkerque players
• SC Hazebrouck players
• Ligue 2 players
• US Boulogne managers
• FC Gueugnon managers
• CS Sedan Ardennes managers
• Stade Lavallois managers
• Stade Brestois 29 managers
• AC Ajaccio managers
• Ligue 1 managers
• Ligue 2 managers
• Amiens SC managers
• OFC Charleville managers
• USL Dunkerque managers
• French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
• French expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
• 20th-century French sportsmen