René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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, most notably at
FC Sochaux, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a
manager
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.
Playing career
Gardien played for Sochaux from July 1947 to June 1959, and then one season each at
Lille and
Besançon. He played for the
France national team in two friendlies in 1953, scoring 2 goals in the first, against Wales.
Managerial career
From 1962 to 1969, Gardien was a manager at
Thiers. After one season managing at
Grenoble, he managed
Lille from 1970 to 1973,
Montluçon
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from 1974 to 1983, and
Clermont from 1988 to 1990.
Honours
Sochaux
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Coupe de France: finalist 1959
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1928 births
2006 deaths
Sportspeople from Chambéry
Footballers from Savoie
French men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
France men's international footballers
Ligue 1 players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Lille OSC players
Racing Besançon players
French football managers
Grenoble Foot 38 managers
Lille OSC managers
Clermont Foot managers
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