Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French

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coach and former player who manages

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. He played as a defender.

Playing career

Dumas was born in

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. He started his career at

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and played there for five seasons before moving to

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. Dumas played in

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's talented Monaco side which famously put

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out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at

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. He was also a key part of the side that won the 1996–97 Ligue 1 title. Dumas joined

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in England in July 1999 before moving back to France to join

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

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

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side

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, on a one-year contract.

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

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, after a complaint from the French taxation authority to which he owed

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557,496. The sentence was suspended after the judge heard Dumas' plea for mitigation which cited a

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and an "impossibly difficult" business situation.

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* * 1968 births Living people People from Bayeux Sportspeople from Calvados (department) French footballers Footballers from Normandy Association football defenders Stade Malherbe Caen players AS Monaco FC players Premier League players Newcastle United F.C. players Olympique de Marseille players RC Lens players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers Ligue 1 managers AC Arlésien managers Maghreb de Fès managers CA Bordj Bou Arréridj managers CR Belouizdad managers TP Mazembe managers French expatriate footballers French expatriate football managers French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{france-footy-defender-1960s-stub