Pascal Dupraz

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Pascal Dupraz
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Dupraz during a training session as Évian manager in 2013
Personal information
Full name Pascal Dupraz
Date of birth (1962-09-19) 19 September 1962 (age 58)
Place of birth Annemasse, France
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Sochaux 4 (0)
1980–1982 Thonon 27 (5)
1982–1986 Brest 70 (13)
1986–1987 Mulhouse 31 (3)
1987–1989 Toulon 28 (1)
1989–1991 Gueugnon 37 (2)
Total 197 (24)
Teams managed
1991–2003 Gaillard
2003–2007 Croix-de-Savoie
2007–2009 Évian
2010 Évian
2012–2015 Évian
2016–2018 Toulouse
2019–2021 Caen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pascal Dupraz (born 19 September 1962) is a French football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Managerial career[]

Évian[]

On 3 September 2012, Dupraz replaced Pablo Correa as manager of Évian.[1] At the time, Evian was 18th in the table and in danger of relegation, but Duprez kept the club in Ligue 1, finishing the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season in 16th with ten wins, ten draws and 18 losses. The club improved to 14th in the 2013–14 Ligue 1, as he guided them to eleven wins, eleven draws and 16 losses. However, in the 2014–15 Ligue 1 season, Évian slipped to 18th was relegated after finishing with eleven wins, four draws and 23 losses. Dupraz was dismissed on 30 June 2015.[2]

Toulouse[]

Dupraz was named manager of Toulouse in the Ligue 1 on 2 March 2016 following the resignation of Dominique Arribagé.[3] When he took over the club, it was 19th in the table ten points adrift of safety with ten games to go. Miraculously, he managed to keep Toulouse in Ligue 1, getting them into 17th on the second last week of the season.

In Dupraz's first game in charge, Toulouse drew Marseille 1–1 away from home.[4] He led Toulouse to five wins, three draws and two losses to finish the 2015–16 league season in 17th.[5]

Dupraz was dismissed as Toulouse manager on 22 January 2018 with the club in 19th in Ligue 1 on 20 points from 22 matches (five wins, five draws and twelve losses), and facing relegation. He was replaced by Mickaël Debève.

Caen[]

Dupraz was named as the new Caen manager on 1 October 2019.[6] After a year and a half and 55 matches, he was sacked by the club on 23 March 2021, and was replaced by Fabrice Vandeputte.[7]

Media career[]

Dupraz was a consultant for the TV show J+1 on Canal+ during the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season, before being hired by Toulouse.[8]

In March 2018, Dupraz worked as a pundit for TF1 to analyze 2018 FIFA World Cup matches.[9] He was a commentator in a friendly on 26 March 2018, which saw the Netherlands meet Portugal.[10] The game was shown on TFX and was seen by approximately 751,000 viewers.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Correa sacked by Evian". fifa.com. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Pascal Dupraz et son fils Julian vont recevoir leur lettre de licenciement de l'Evian-TG". L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Ligue 1: Pascal Dupraz nommé entraîneur de Toulouse". Le Monde. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Feuille de match Olympique de Marseille – Toulouse". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Toulouse Football Club". Ligue 1 – Toulouse page. Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Caen: Pascal Dupraz nouvel entraîneur (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 1 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Départ de Pascal Dupraz du Stade Malherbe Caen". Stade Malherbe Caen (in French). 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  8. ^ (in French) Sacha Nokovitch, Pascal Dupraz: «Je ne suis pas consultant par défaut», L'Équipe, 21 March 2018
  9. ^ (in French) Pascal Dupraz, consultant pour TF1 pendant la Coupe du monde 2018 - L'Équipe, 20 March 2018
  10. ^ "Football – match Portugal/Pays-Bas: Le commentateur Pascal Dupraz décrié sur Twitter (Revue de tweets)". Télé Loisirs. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  11. ^ "751 000 devant Portugal – Pays-Bas sur TFX". L'Équipe (in French). 27 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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