Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves (28 November 1955 – 30 December 2019) was a Brazilian football player and manager.

Antônio Dumas
Personal information
Full name Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves
Date of birth (1955-11-28)28 November 1955
Place of birth Santo André (SP), Brazil
Date of death 30 December 2019(2019-12-30) (aged 64)
Place of death Conakry, Guinea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bahia
Leônico
Santos
Olhanense
GD Chaves
Managerial career
1987 Lagartense
1988 Estanciano
1989 Centro Sportivo Maruinense
1989–1990 Guarany-SE
1990 Itabaiana
1991–1992 Olímpico-SE
1993 Vasco-SE
1994 Frei Paulo
1995–1996 Itabi
1997–1998 Lagartense
1998–2000 Gabon
2000–2001 São Tomé and Príncipe
2002–2004 Togo
2004–2006 Equatorial Guinea
2007–2008 Atlético de Alagoinhas
2008–2009 Colo-Colo
2010 Gloriense
2010–2011 Estanciano
2011 Olímpico
2011 Socorrense
2012 Al-Mourada
2012 AS Gabès
2013–2014 Al Jazeera Zuwara
2014–2015 Hafia
2016 JS Kairouan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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He played for Esporte Clube Bahia, Desportiva Leônico, Santos, S.C. Olhanense and G.D. Chaves.

Coaching career

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Dumas coached a number of teams in Brazil, and Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Togo and Equatorial Guinea in Africa.

He explained in a letter sent to a Brazilian media that he was not dismissed from the Togo national team. It was he who wanted to leave, having received the job offer from the Equatoguinean Football Federation to be the coach of its national team.[1]

Later life and death

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Dumas died on 30 December 2019 in Conakry, Guinea, aged 64.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Cartas marcadas | Radar". VEJA.
  2. ^ Sport, Firawa (30 December 2019). "Page Noire : Antonio Dumas n'est plus !".
  3. ^ "Antonio Dumas, who persuaded five Brazilians to play for Togo, dies". 31 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.