Fans of the Dunkirk football club are in mourning. Alex Dupont, emblematic trainer of the northern training (between 1984 and 1985 then from 1990 to 1996), died in the night from Friday to Saturday of a cardiac arrest, at his home in La Turbie (Alpes-Maritimes), reports La Voices of the North.
During his long coaching career, the man known for his outspokenness also took charge of the Gueugnon team, which he led to victory in the Coupe de la Ligue against PSG in 2000, then Sedan, Amiens and Brest, in particular.
Alex Dupont was also a voice and a straight talker.
We will remember media releases that will remain as lunar as they are brilliant. đ pic.twitter.com/fALI3RKtpm
It was at the Stade Brestois that he lived his last adventure on a sidelines, from 2013 to 2016.
Tributes and "sadness"
Not surprisingly, tributes from fans, players, and commentators poured into social media. The former Lille midfielder Rio Mavuba sent his "very sincere condolences" to his family, while the journalist and columnist Pierre MĂ©nĂšs expressed his "sadness" by welcoming the disappearance of a "leader, a frank and funny man. ".
Much sadness with the announcement of Alex Dupont. A leader a frank and funny man pic.twitter.com/sgsZ7pWjdq
- Pierre MĂ©nĂšs (@PierreMenes) August 1, 2020"We will never forget his smile", also reacted FC Amiens, which Alex Dupont coached between 2004 and 2006. AC Ajaccio, where he was in 2012, expressed his "immense pain".
It is with great pain that we learn of the disappearance of Alex Dupont, former coach of the club in @ Ligue1UberEats. Very touched, the club offers its sincere condolences to his family. We will come back to our former coach at greater length. Riposa in paci đąđą pic.twitter.com/XOsVAJzjHb
- AC Ajaccio (@ACAjaccio) August 1, 2020
