Robert Buigues

Robert Buigues
Robert Buigues in 1975.
Personal information
Full name Robert Buigues
Date of birth (1950-05-09) 9 May 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Guyotville, French Algeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 SC Bastia 27 (1)
1972–1973 Ajaccio 21 (3)
1973–1976 Marseille 103 (17)
1976–1978 Bordeaux 70 (15)
1978–1981 Marseille 93 (15)
1981–1982 Orléans 33 (4)
1983–1984 Laval 51 (4)
1984–1986 Grenoble 55 (2)
Managerial career
1985 Grenoble
1986–1987 Poissy
1987–1989 Saint-Dizier
1989–1991 Épernay
1991–1995 Chamois Niortais
1995 Créteil
1998 Medenine
1999 US Lusitanos Saint-Maur
1999–2002 Paris FC
2002–2003 Cannes
2003–2004 Vitrolles
2004–2005 Racing Paris
2005–2006 Sète
2007 USM Annaba
2010– Hyères
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Buigues (born 9 May 1950) is a French former professional football player and manager.

Whilst playing for Olympique de Marseille, Buigues started in the 1976 French Cup final and collected a winner's medal when Marseille defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2–0.

Buigues' long career both as a player and a manager was mostly spent in France, although he did have a short spell as manager of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3 side Medenine in 1998. He retired from management in 2006 after leaving FC Sète.

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