Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French football coach and former player who manages TP Mazembe. He played as a defender.
![]() Dumas in 2004 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1968-01-09) 9 January 1968 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth | Bayeux, France | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | TP Mazembe (manager) | ||
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) | |
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 | ||
2020–2021 | CR Belouizdad | ||
2021– | TP Mazembe | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.[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 Olympique de Marseille in January 2000.
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.[3]
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.[4] The sentence was suspended after the judge heard Dumas' plea for mitigation which cited a gambling addiction and an "impossibly difficult" business situation.[5]
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