Luc Dayan
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Luc Dayan, born on November 25, 1957, is a physician by training who has developed various professional activities in the field of sports and media.
Biography[edit]
Early medical career[edit]
From 1983 to 1989, Luc Dayan worked as a general practitioner and sports doctor in Puteaux and then in Paris.
Multimedia & Sports communication[edit]
From 1985 to 1990, he created the AMR company which developed the SP2000 fast motion analysis camera (slow motion video up to 2000 frames per second) and marketed it in the audiovisual, industrial and military fields. The camera is also made available to trainers and high-level athletes via the French athletics, tennis and golf federations, among others. Canal+ regularly uses these images for multiple sports broadcasts such as the Lancôme Trophy and the Perrier Golf Trophy, the Saint Denis and Villeneuve d'Ascq athletics meetings, and soccer matches.
Between 1989 and 1991, he launched DITES 33, a health communication agency of the DDB Needham group. Then in 1992, he launched WND Sport, an agency specialized in sports marketing consulting. His main clients are Canal+, GIE PSG Omnisports, Stade Français Rugby, FFBB, FF Rugby à XIII, FF de Billard.
In 1995, he created Infomatin Médecins.[1]. with André Rousselet. In 1996, he produced the film Hommage à Jesse Owens et Carl Lewis directed by Pitof, which won awards at Sportel and Imagina as the best world short program [2]
Sports club management[edit]
In 1999, during the privatization of the soccer club LOSC [3], he created the company Socle SA, holding owner of LOSC SASP. He is the President of LOSC, which becomes champion of L2, then 3rd Ligue 1, and a qualification in Champion's League. He left the operational presidency when the club was at the top of the Ligue 1 championship to take the presidency of the holding company SOCLE.
At the same time, his agency WND Sport participates as an expert company in almost all rescue or restructuring projects of French soccer clubs [4]., including AS Cannes (2001), OGC Nice (2002), AS Saint Étienne (2003), Le Mans (MUC 72, 2004), Rennes and Valenciennes (VAFC). Concerning OGC Nice, he piloted the rescue operation of the club by creating the OCCIGEN company regrouping the Nice shareholders federated by Maurice Cohen and the PROGAMA company. In 2004-5, he sold his shares in WND Sport to Michel Seydoux and Financière Partouche.
Associated with Jacques Attali, he created the company Walkphone which developed the first cell phone equipped with an FM radio (manufactured by Sagem and marketed by SFR). On a personal basis, he bought the Beauvallon Tennis Club (near Sainte Maxime) in co-ownership with Stefan Edberg and Arnaud Deleval.
He then created Business to Sport SAS to develop a project for a new professional club in Île-de-France from Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien (Val d'Oise). He led a consulting and assistance mission for the soccer club of the royal family of Qatar (AL SADD).
In 2006, he developed the GPS (Grand Paris Sportif) project, which brought together several investors, including Qatari shareholders close to the royal family, Morgan Stanley, Tocqueville Finance and French individual shareholders, and try to buy the PSG, but was finally rejected.
In 2007, he was mandated to lead, with Natixis Finance, the sale by Socpresse of its stake in FC Nantes.
From 2008 to 2010, he tried to set up Citesport in the Plaine de France area at the request of the deputy mayor of Sarcelles. In 2009, Vikash Dhorasoo replaces Luc Dayan as President of Entente Sannois-Saint-Gratien. In 2010, he was replaced by Jean-Claude Plessis as President of FC Strasbourg.
In 2012-13, he was mandated by Crédit agricole Nord de France to take over the presidency of Racing Club de Lens, restructure it and ensure its sale to RCL Holding (Gervais Martel and Baghlan Group).
In 2014, he participated in the rescue of Valenciennes (VAFC) at the request of Jean Louis Borloo, who gave up his seat to the latter two months later.
In 2017 he intervened after the bankruptcy of Sporting Club de Bastia by proposing the creation of a SCIC (“Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif” ) to the new directors of the Association. The goal was to associate the fans to the club management. [5] The SCIC will be created a few months later.
Sports Production[edit]
In 2011, he launched the production (budget of 26 million euros) of the film RACE,[6][7]inspired by the life of Jesse Owens. The film will be released internationally in 2016 (USA + rest of the world). Directed by [[Stephen Hopkins, with Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, "RACE" will be multi-awarded at the Canadian Academy Awards.
In 2019, he launched the production company Elide Production, which develops the production of four episodes of 40 minutes (Lens de Sang et d'Or) consisting of following the life of the club Racing Club de Lens in the daily. The episodes were ordered and broadcast by the channel La Chaîne L'Equipe.
From 2017 to 2022, he provides consulting missions for various companies (Vinci Stadium, Qualium, Alcea, Groupe Partouche, REALITES).
Professional Football executive[edit]
1999 - 2004 : Co-Owner - LOSC (président from 2000 to 2001)
2004 - 2007 : President - l'Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien
June - July 2007 : President - FC Nantes
18 Feb - 24 march 2010 : President - RC Strasbourg[8]
July 2012 - July 2013 : President - Racing Club de Lens
Films[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | RACE on IMDb Search this movie on 
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N/A | Producer |
| 2020 | Quatre Saisons Sang et Or on IMDb Search this movie on
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N/A | Producer |
Publications[edit]
- Luc Dayan; Benjamin Danet (2010). Éditions Hugo et Compagnie, ed. Hors jeu, entretiens avec Luc Dayan (in français). Paris. p. 207. ISBN 978-2-7556-0459-7.CS1 maint: Date and year (link) Search this book on
- Tayeb Belmihoub; Martial Gerez; Luc Dayan (2016). Éditions l'Art-Dit, ed. Propos sur l'art et le foot (in français). Arles. p. 80. ISBN 978-2-919221-32-5. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ "« InfoMatin » lance « InfoMatin Médecin»". www.lemonde.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Hommage à Jesse Owens et Carl Lewis (Best world short program)". www.dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Il y a 20 ans, Luc Dayan remettait le LOSC dans la lumière". www.lavoixdunord.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Luc Dayan, ou comment « faire de l'argent » avec un club malade". www.lemonde.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Football : les supporteurs de Valenciennes bientôt au capital du club ?". www.lemonde.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "In Race, Stephan James Brings Jesse Owens Into Focus for Black History Month". www.focusfeatures.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Jesse Owens biopic 'Race' true-to-life say daughters of track legend". www.nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ "Ligue 2 : Luc Dayan au chevet du RC Strasbourg". www.lemonde.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-02-13.
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