Nicolas Dupuis (born 6 January 1968) is a French

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manager and former player who currently manages the Madagascar national team. He is also the technical director of FC Fleury 91.

Club career

Dupuis played amateur football in

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for FC Souvigny,

AS Yzeure Moulins Yzeure Football 03 Auvergne, known as Moulins Yzeure Foot or just Moulins Yzeure, is a association football, football club based in Yzeure, France. As of the 2021–22 Championnat National 2, 2021–22 season, it competes in the Champio ...

Cournon-d'Auvergne Cournon-d'Auvergne (; Auvergnat: ''Cornon d'Auvèrnhe'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It lies southeast of Clermont-Ferrand, the prefecture and largest city of Puy-de-Dôme. Population ...

, US Beaumont and

SA Thiers Sports Athlétiques Thiernois Football is a French association football club founded in 1935. They are based in the town of Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme and their home stadium is the Parc des Sports Antonin Chastel. The first team was relegated from 2019 ...

. At Yzeure, Dupuis played and managed 682 matches in all competitions.

Managerial career

In August 1996, Dupuis became the manager of Yzeure. During his time at the club, Yzeure were promoted to the

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in 2006, as well as beating

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club

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1–0 in the

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on 4 January 2014, before losing to

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3–1 on 22 January 2014 in the round of 32. In March 2017, Dupuis was appointed as the manager of the Madagascar national team. On 16 October 2018, Madagascar qualified for the

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after beating

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1–0 in

Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...

, marking the nation's first ever AFCON appearance. The team went on to reach the quarter-finals. In January 2019, it was announced that Dupuis would combine his role as Madagascar manager with that of French club FC Fleury 91's technical director. In March 2019, Madagascar extended his contract until after the 2019 AFCON. His contract expired in July 2019, but in September 2019, it was extended for four more years. In April 2021, the

Malagasy Football Federation The Malagasy Football Federation (french: Fédération Malagasy de Football, FMF) is the governing body of football in Madagascar. It was founded in 1961, affiliated to FIFA in 1964 and to CAF in 1963. It organizes the national football league a ...

suspended Dupuis without pay for "neglecting his managerial duties in order to pursue commercial interests for personal publicity", with

Éric Rabésandratana Éric Rabésandratana (born 18 September 1972) is a professional football manager and former player who is the caretaker manager of the Madagascar national team. He played mainly as a defensive midfielder and could also operate as a central de ...

taking charge of the national team whilst Dupuis served his suspension.

References

External links

Nicolas Dupuis Interview
1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Moulins, Allier French footballers Men's association football defenders Moulins Yzeure Foot players Madagascar national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Madagascar French expatriate sportspeople in Madagascar French football managers French expatriate football managers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations managers Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-footy-defender-1960s-stub