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Marcus Dray Dimanche (born 20 May 1998) is a
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who plays as a
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for the
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of the
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. Born in Australia, he represents the Mauritius national team.


Club career

Dimanche started his career with the Bentleigh Greens, having spent time with the
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-ran National Training Centre. He joined Melbourne City in 2014, and spent time with their youth ranks, before leaving at the end of the 2016 season. He joined fellow NPL Victoria 2 East side Richmond SC ahead of the 2017 season.


International career

At the youth level he played in the
2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup The 2016 COSAFA U-20 Cup will be the 23rd edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. In April 2016, it was announced that South Africa would be the host nation of the c ...
. Dimanche made his senior international debut in a
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game for the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champions ...
, replacing Michael Bosqui in the 87th minute of a 0–1 loss to
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.


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* 1998 births Living people Mauritian men's footballers Mauritius men's international footballers Mauritius men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Melbourne City FC players Greater Dandenong FC players Springvale White Eagles FC players Oakleigh Cannons FC players Preston Lions FC players FC Bulleen Lions players Australian people of Mauritian descent Soccer players from Melbourne {{Mauritius-footy-bio-stub