Soccer. Jade Dumas, the future guardian of SM Caen
Through Aline Chatel
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At 16, channeling your emotions isn’t always easy. Jade Dumas knows something about it. The goalkeeper at Stade Malherbe Caen was in tears when she tackled the penalty shoot-out against CA Paris on Sunday, November 21, 2021 in the first federal round of the Coupe de France. “There were too many emotions. In my head, it was wrong. The tears did not disturb the vision of the young girl, nor her know-how more and more recognized. Jade Dumas stopped two Parisian attempts and qualified her team for the 32ᵉ finals of the competition.
“A charismatic guardian”
From the height of her 1.63 meter, Jade Dumas is one of the most promising elements of the female weed-keeper section. With her, the goalkeeper position so often criticized in women’s football becomes a great added value. “Jade is a charismatic goalkeeper, presents Anaïs Bounouar, her trainer. She exudes a lot of self-confidence, serenity and confidence. She has something chosen more for her age. Everyone is aware that in the surface, the boss is her. “
“As I didn’t really like running …”
The little cousin of Franck Dumas, the famous ex-central defender, is as passionate as it is little. When she is not on land, she is often behind a handrail. Preferably with a ball in the feet. “On Saturday morning, I watch the program of matches in Caen, girls and boys, and I choose which ones I want to go see. But what she prefers is playing. Jade Dumas started at the age of 5 in Verson, like a certain Ella Palis.
As I did not like to run too much and that I was not afraid of the ball or of contact, I found myself on goal in the U11 category. I became a babysitter a bit by default.
An extraordinary kicking game
The transplant took wonderfully. Jade Dumas made Verson happy until she could no longer play with the boys. At 14, she took part in the detections of the new women’s section of Stade Malherbe. A few months later, she took her first steps with seniors. Already, his strengths were cracking the screen. Jade Dumas compensates for her modest size so often put forward (“I don’t see that as a fault”, she retorts) with an impressive relaxation. Explosive, leaping, an excellent reading of the game, it is distinguished above all by an extraordinary kicking game.
In training, when she plays on the pitch, she is one of the best players on the team.
In competition, Jade Dumas shows a progression full of promise. The high school student, resident of the Pôle espoirs de Rennes, was summoned to the France U16 team in the near past. “At first, I was paralyzed,” she says. I wondered if I deserved my place. Now my goal is to return to selection! “
She dreams of high level
At almost 17 years old, all hopes are clear for the one who has naturally established herself as one of the major players in the workforce. “My goal is to move up to D2 with the club. But I would also like to know the D1… ”For the moment, Jade Dumas is growing up at the same time as the Stade Malherbe. For the first time in her young career, she will face a second division team on Sunday, December 12, 2021 in the Coupe de France. “We will be able to gauge each other,” she said. I look forward ! ”
Well-identified areas of work
The challenge does not worry this fighter whose rage to win can sometimes make you grumble. “I get frustrated very quickly,” she admits. “She never gives herself the right to make mistakes,” laments Anaïs Bounouar. It still has to find the right balance. “As in terms of communication on the ground, Jade Dumas is still called for a good margin of progress. Obviously, at his age.
Learning goes through big games in particular. Without a doubt, Jade Dumas will have a major role to play against Stade Brest. As in the two previous rounds. Before disgusting CA Paris, where she made an extraordinary save in the first half, it was she who put the shot on goal in Cherbourg.
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