Pascal Dupraz

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Pascal Dupraz
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Dupraz as Evian manager in 2013
Personal information
Full name Pascal Fernand Dupraz [1]
Date of birth (1962-09-19) 19 September 1962 (age 61) [2]
Place of birth Annemasse, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [3]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total197(24)
Managerial career
1991–2003 Gaillard
2003–2007 Croix-de-Savoie
2007–2009 Evian
2010 Evian
2012–2015 Evian
2016–2018 Toulouse
2019–2021 Caen
2021–2022 Saint-Étienne
2023 Dijon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pascal Fernand Dupraz (born 19 September 1962) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the manager of Dijon.

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Early life

Dupraz was born in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie. [2]

Managerial career

Évian

On 3 September 2012, Dupraz replaced Pablo Correa as manager of Évian. [4] 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. [5]

Toulouse

Dupraz was named manager of Toulouse in the Ligue 1 on 2 March 2016 following the resignation of Dominique Arribagé. [6] 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.[ citation needed ]

In Dupraz's first game in charge, Toulouse drew Marseille 1–1 away from home. [7] He led Toulouse to five wins, three draws and two losses to finish the 2015–16 league season in 17th. [8]

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.[ citation needed ]

Caen

Dupraz was named as the new Caen manager on 1 October 2019. [9] 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. [10]

Saint-Étienne

On 14 December 2021, Dupraz was named manager of Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne, his objective being to avoid the club's relegation. [11] However, at the end of the season, the club was defeated in the relegation play-offs. Dupraz left at the end of his six-month contract. [12]

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. [13]

In March 2018, Dupraz worked as a pundit for TF1 to analyze 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. [14] He was a commentator in a friendly on 26 March 2018, which saw the Netherlands meet Portugal. [15] The game was shown on TFX and was seen by approximately 751,000 viewers. [16]

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  4. ↑ "Correa sacked by Evian". fifa.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Pascal Dupraz et son fils Julian vont recevoir leur lettre de licenciement de l'Evian-TG". L'Équipe . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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