Antônio Dumas

Antônio Dumas

Personal information
Full name	Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves
Date of birth	(1955-11-28) November 28, 1955
Place of birth	Santo André (SP), Brazil
Position(s)	Manager
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	Avenir sportif de Gabès
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves (born November 28, 1955 in Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football manager.

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

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

Dumas explained in a letter sent to a Brazilian media that he wasn't dismissed from the Togolese 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.

Naturalization of players

Being the Togo's coach and later the Equatorial Guinea's coach, Dumas naturalized to Brazilian-born players for improve the level of both national teams, but the results weren't ideal.

Togo had six naturalized players (Hamílton, Mikimba, Bill, Fábio Oliveira, Cris and Fabinho) in 2003, who took part of the Qualifications to the 2004 African Cup of Nations and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. And Equatorial Guinea had, minimally, eight naturalized players at the request of Ruslán Obiang Nsue (Danilo, Ronan, André Neles, Daniel Martins, Léo Quirino, Fernando, Anderson and Alex) between 2005 and 2007, who took part of the 2006 CEMAC Cup and the Qualification to the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

External links

• Antônio Dumas Facebook official profile