Franck Dumas

Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French former professional football player who played as a defender and current football coach. He is currently the head coach of CR Belouizdad.[1]

Franck Dumas
Dumas in 2004
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-01-09) 9 January 1968
Place of birth Bayeux, France
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 CR Belouizdad (Head coach)
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)
Teams managed
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– CR Belouizdad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Dumas was born in Bayeux, Calvados. He started his career at Stade Malherbe Caen and played there for five seasons before moving to AS 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.[2] He was also a key part of the side that won the 1996–97 Ligue 1 title.[3]

Dumas joined Newcastle United in England in July 1999 before moving back to France to join Olympique de Marseille in January 2000.

Managerial career

Dumas 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.[4]

Tax evasion

In 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.[5] The sentence was suspended after the judge heard Dumas' plea for mitigation which cited a gambling addiction and an "impossibly difficult" business situation.[6]

References
  1. "Ligue 1: Franck Dumas nouvel entraîneur du CR Belouizdad".
  2. "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Monaco 1996-97". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "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.
  5. "Ex-Caen coach handed three-year jail term in tax trial". sports.yahoo.com. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Cook, Richard (11 May 2017). "No game too small to rig". Asia Times. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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