Alex Dupont, the legendary former footballer and coach, died of heart attack at the age of 66, in the night from Friday to Saturday. His heart problems appeared while playing au padel. Back on "Sir alex", a myth of French football.

A man who “brought happiness” and left behind an incredible image on and off the grounds of padel. It is his family and friends who talk about it the best.

An emblematic coach

Alex Dupont was known to achieve exploits wherever he went: winner of the Coupe de la Ligue with Gueugnon in 2000, qualification for the UEFA Cup with Sedan, a retention of Laval in league 2 in 2004 in extremis...

His charisma made him unique and everyone appreciated him in the football world.

Au padel, it also leaves an exceptional image.

A fan of padel

Retired for 4 years, Alex Dupont moved to La Turbie. He saw there “From time to time Didier Deschamps at padel. " 

His relatives say of him that he was on screen as in life: “un fan, a passionate, he did not calculate".

He was at padel like in football. The padel had become HIS sport.

And we can say that we rediscovered our winning mentality in the padel, like in football.

Both lively and generous in the field, he did not play padel in friendly terms: “A part of padel, it was won, but always with an irreproachable mentality. We sometimes liked to see him talking to himself and arguing when he missed a point ”.

In each game, he played hard. Despite a small accident at padel where he was uneasy at the start of the year, nothing could stop him. And above all, “he felt very good".

Redo the match

For him, during a match of padel, we had to give the maximum. There was no "almost”No difference between a Champions League match and a padel at the club padel d'Eze with his friends.

Michel Borfiga, President of the Tennis Club / padel d'Eze, partner and especially friend of Alex Dupont, testifies to us his deep affection and his great sadness to see “a man full of life to leave".

He enjoyed those moments after a match with a beer and his friends. He liked to remake the game.

He stayed at the club. he always had a word for everyone.

He participated in the life of the club.

Alex's Paradox is precisely his enormous generosity and his determination when playing padel with him.

Alex, this is the friend you want to have in a club. He brought good humor. He was a very positive person.

It's amazing to see such an outgoing man on a field that offered so much. He was out of the ordinary. We liked him very much.

Au padel, he liked challenges. He liked to compete with good players. he enjoyed more than anything, balanced matches where you had to fight to win the game.

And precisely, Alex enjoyed certain events at the club of padel from Eze like the Americano on Saturday:

We change the teams, then we have a drink.

These are moments of sharing that he greatly appreciated.

He played 3-4 times a week. He was just a big fan.

When he made mistakes, he put himself in states which amused those around him.

A football junkie, and padel

Despite a discomfort 3/4 months ago on the slopes of padel, he couldn't do things by halves. He's just passionate about it, addicted to the sport, like he was with football.

Alex, he's a real man. He lived thoroughly. And the padel had become a real passion. He played up to 4 times a week.

In Senegal, he also sometimes played there. What he also liked was the third half.

After the game, he liked to talk, understand what might have happened during the game, analyze each other's mistakes, their feelings. Michel Borfiga concludes:

The man on the screen was the same in life. A real man without a filter. We are losing a friend.

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !

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