Antônio Dumas


Antônio Dumas Ramalho Esteves was a Brazilian football player and manager.

Playing career

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

Coaching career

He coached a number of teams 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.

Later life and death

He died on 30 December 2019, aged 64.