{{short description|Canadian former soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Martin Dugas | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | collegeyears1 = ?–1991–? | college1 = McMaster Marauders | years1 = 1987–1993 | years2 = 1994–1996 | years3 = 1996 | years4 = 1996–2000 | years5 = 1997–1998 | years6 = 1997–1998 | years7 = 1998 | years8 = 1999 | years9 = 2000–2001 | years10 = 2001 | years11 = 2001–2003 | years12 = 2002 | years13 = 2003–2004 | years14 = 2007–2008 | clubs1 = St. Catharines Wolves | clubs2 = SC Cambuur | clubs3 = Watford | clubs4 = Edmonton Drillers (''indoor'') | clubs5 = Toronto Lynx | clubs6 = FC St. Pauli | clubs7 = Hershey Wildcats | clubs8 = Staten Island Vipers | clubs9 = Detroit Rockers (''indoor'') | clubs10 = Montreal Impact | clubs11 = Milwaukee Wave (''indoor'') | clubs12 = Calgary Storm | clubs13 = Dallas Sidekicks (''indoor'') | clubs14 = Edmonton Drillers (''indoor'') | caps1 = | caps2 = 18 | caps3 = 0 | caps4 = 138 | caps5 = 35 | caps6 = | caps7 = 6 | caps8 = 20 | caps9 = 22 | caps10 = 4 | caps11 = 75 | caps12 = 3 | caps13 = 23 | caps14 = 2 | goals1 = | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 102 | goals5 = 3 | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 1 | goals9 = 7 | goals10 = 1 | goals11 = 23 | goals12 = 0 | goals13 = 10 | goals14 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs1 = Edmonton Drillers | club-update = 4 January 2010 | ntupdate = }}
'''Martin Dugas''' (born 15 October 1972) is a Canadian former soccer player who spent a total of 12 years as a professional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishunited.com/league.php?scriptName=LEAGUEINFO&leagueID=8698&leagueInfoID=58020&printPage=1&cache=no|title=Coaches|accessdate=5 January 2009|publisher=Scottish United|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716020137/http://www.scottishunited.com/league.php?scriptName=LEAGUEINFO&leagueID=8698&leagueInfoID=58020&printPage=1&cache=no|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He last coached the Edmonton Drillers.
==Career== ===Club career=== Dugas was an OUA soccer West Division All-Star in 1991 playing for McMaster University.
Dugas played for his hometown side St. Catharines Wolves from 1987 until 1993 before joining Dutch club SC Cambuur.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Ian |date=6 August 1998 |title=No sibling rivalry with Dugas brothers |pages=D8 |work=St. Catharines Standard}}</ref> Had brief stints with FC St. Pauli in Germany and Watford in England (although he never made a first-team league appearance with the Hornets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.html|title=WATFORD : 1946/47 – 2007/08|accessdate=5 January 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database}}</ref>) In the fall of 1996, he returned to Canada where he signed with the Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League. He would spend most of the rest of his career playing outdoor soccer during the summer and indoor soccer during the winter. He would play for the Driller until the start of the 2000–2001 NPSL season. That year, he began the season in Edmonton until traded to the Detroit Rockers after nine games. He finished the season with Detroit, then played from 2001 to 2003 with the Milwaukee Wave. In 2003, the Monterrey Fury selected Dugas in the NPSL Expansion Draft, then traded him to the Dallas Sidekicks for the 2003–2004 indoor season.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DEFDC173EF933A05754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon= July 30, 2003 Transactions]</ref> He also played for the Toronto Lynx through the 1998 season USISL season. In May 1999, he signed with the Staten Island Vipers in the USL A-League. The Vipers folded at the end of the season. He then played for the Montreal Impact in 2001 USL A-League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicksfan.com/players/dugas/index.htm|title=Dallas Sidekicks Players: Martin Dugas|accessdate=5 January 2009|publisher=KicksFan.com}}</ref> In 2002, he played for the Calgary Storm, also in the USL A-League. In 2007 moved to Edmonton Drillers and signed a contract as Player-Coach.
===International career=== Dugas was an unused substitute for Canada at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96gc-full.html |title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 – Full Details |accessdate=5 January 2009 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121072256/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/96gc-full.html |archivedate=21 November 2008 }}</ref>
==Coaching career== Dugas worked as head coach of the 2008–09 CMISL Edmonton Drillers and was in January 2010 replaces by Kevin Poissant.
==Personal life== Dugas has an Irish passport which he qualifies for through his mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiv.mopo.de/rewrite/show.php?pfad=/archiv/1997/19971008/9168011146446.html&drucken=yes|title=Nanu! Ein Kanadier soll St. Pauli retten|accessdate=20 January 2009|work=Hamburger Morgenpost}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713063437/http://oua.ca.ismmedia.com/ISM2//Archives/M%20Soccer/All-Stars.pdf OUA.ca.ismmedia.com] *[http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=16143&typeofpage=84137 Dutch career stats] – Voetbal International
{{Canada squad 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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