Pascal Dupraz


Pascal Dupraz is a French football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently in charge of Ligue 2 side Caen.

Managerial career

Évian

On 3 September 2012, Dupraz replaced Pablo Correa as manager of Évian. 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.

Toulouse

Dupraz was named manager of Toulouse in the Ligue 1 on 2 March 2016 following the resignation of Dominique Arribagé. 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. He led Toulouse to five wins, three draws and two losses to finish the 2015–16 league season in 17th.
Dupraz was dismissed as Toulouse manager on 22 January 2018 with the club in 19th in Ligue 1 on 20 points from 22 matches, and facing relegation. He was replaced by Mickaël Debève.

Caen

Dupraz was named as the new Caen manager on 1 October 2019.

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