René Marsiglia (17 September 1959 – 25 September 2016) was a

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defender and most recently the manager of

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, t ...

. He was born in

Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...

, France. Marsiglia was named head coach of

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on 15 November 2011. Before that he was assistant coach at the club. He was sacked on 21 May 2012, despite having saved Nice from relegation that year. On 26 June 2012, Marsiglia was named head coach of the

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side

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. On 26 December 2013, he became the new coach of

in replacement of

Victor Zvunka Victor Zvunka ( ro, Victor Zvuncă; born 15 November 1951 in Le Ban-Saint-Martin) is a French former association football, football Defender (association football), defender and football manager most recently in charge of Sporting Club Toulon. ...

. He died on 25 September 2016, after a long illness.

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