Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French football coach and former player and a current manager. He played as a defender.
 Dumas in 2004 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bayeux, France | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| INF Vichy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Caen | 180 | (11) |
| 1992–1999 | Monaco | 222 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Newcastle United | 6 | (0) |
| 2000 | Marseille | 12 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Lens | 25 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Caen | 66 | (0) |
| Total | 511 | (13) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Caen (sporting director) | ||
| 2005–2012 | Caen | ||
| 2013–2014 | Arles-Avignon | ||
| 2014 | Arles-Avignon (sporting director) | ||
| 2014 | MAS Fez | ||
| 2017–2018 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 2018–2019 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 2019–2020 | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | ||
| 2020–2021 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| 2021–2022 | TP Mazembe | ||
| 2023–2024 | ES Sétif | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editDumas was born in Bayeux, Calvados. He started his career at Caen and played there for five seasons before moving to Monaco. Dumas played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.[1] He was also a key part of the side that won the 1996–97 Ligue 1 title.[2]
Dumas joined Newcastle United in England in July 1999, before moving back to France to join Marseille in January 2000.
Managerial career
editDumas later returned to Caen where he continued playing until his retirement in 2004, and where he would later manage.
In August 2014, Dumas was appointed as manager of Moroccan Botola side MAS Fez, on a one-year contract.[3]
Dumas became manager of Democratic Republic of Congo club TP Mazembe in summer 2021.[4] In October 2022 he was fired after the club lost to Ugandan side Vipers SC in CAF Champions League qualification thereby missing out on the competition's group stage.[5]
On 13 September 2023, he was appointed as manager ao Algerian club ES Sétif.[6] On 9 February 2024, he left ES Sétif.[7]
Tax evasion
editIn January 2017, Dumas was sentenced in first instance to three years of jail including ten months suspended by the French Tribunal of Caen for tax evasion, after a complaint from the French taxation authority to which he owed €557,496.[8] The sentence was suspended after the judge heard Dumas' plea for mitigation which cited a gambling addiction and an "impossibly difficult" business situation.[9]
In January 2023, The Court of Appeal sentenced Dumas to two years in prison, one of which was suspended, for tax fraud.[10] It stated he had not paid his debt for nearly ten years. At the time, €300,000 had been recovered but "never voluntarily" and he was still owing €139,579 excluding penalties.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Monaco 1996-97". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "MAS Fès : Franck Dumas nommé entraîneur". afrik.com/ (in French). www.afrik.com/. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (3 August 2021). "Newly-hired TP Mazembe head coach faces 36-month prison sentence". Kingfut. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Mazembe sack French coach Dumas after shock African loss". France 24. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "ES Sétif : Franck Dumas nouvel entraîneur". mediafootdz.dz. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "ES Sétif : Franck Dumas quitte le club (officiel)". mediafootdz.dz. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Ex-Caen coach handed three-year jail term in tax trial". sports.yahoo.com. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard (11 May 2017). "No game too small to rig". Asia Times. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b Idiart, Mathieu (25 January 2023). "Franck Dumas, l'ancien entraîneur de Caen, condamné à un an de prison ferme pour fraude fiscale" [Franck Dumas, former Caen coach, sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud]. BFM (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
edit- Franck Dumas at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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