Robert Buigues (born 9 May 1950) is a French former professional

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player and manager. Whilst playing for

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

, Buigues started in the 1976 French Cup final and collected a winner's medal when Marseille defeated

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2–0. Buigues' long career both as a player and a manager was mostly spent in

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, although he did have a short spell as manager of

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n Ligue Professionnelle 3 side Medenine in 1998. He retired from management in 2006 after leaving

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