René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French

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who played as a forward, most notably at

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, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a

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Playing career

Gardien played for Sochaux from July 1947 to June 1959, and then one season each at

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and

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. 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

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, he managed

from 1970 to 1973,

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from 1974 to 1983, and Clermont from 1988 to 1990.

Honours

Sochaux *

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: finalist 1959

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