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{{short description|French footballer (born 1935)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Laurent Robuschi
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| full_name = Laurent Robuschi
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1935|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Nice]], France
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| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=OM99>{{cite web |url=https://om1899.com/joueurs.php?id=934 |title=Laurent ROBUSCHI dit "Le poison violent" |trans-title=Laurent ROBUSCHI known as "The Violent Poison" |language=fr |website=om1899.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j56274.html |title=Robuschi, Laurent Robuschi - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1948–1952
| youthclubs1 = La Semeuse Nice
| youthyears2 = 1953–1954
| youthclubs2 = {{ill|ASPTT Nice|fr}}
| years1 = 1954–1956 | clubs1 = [[AS Monaco|Monaco]] | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 4
| years2 = 1956–1959 | clubs2 = [[AS Cannes|Cannes]] | caps2 = 98 | goals2 = 41
| years3 = 1959–1967 | clubs3 = [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux]] | caps3 = 264 | goals3 = 115
| years4 = 1967–1968 | clubs4 = [[Olympique de Marseille]] | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 3
| years5 = 1968–1975 | clubs5 = [[FC Antibes|Antibes]] | caps5 = | goals5 =
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| nationalyears1 = 1962–1966
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5  
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| manageryears1 = 1971–1993
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Antibes|Antibes]]
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'''Laurent Robuschi''' (born 5 October 1935) is a French former [[association football|football]] [[Striker (football)|striker]] who played for [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux]] in the 1960s and was part of [[France national football team|French national team]] at the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=OM99/><ref name=EU>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17880 |title=Laurent Robuschi, international footballer |website=eu-football.info |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=FFF>{{cite web |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/7690-robuschi-laurent/fiche.html |title=Laurent Robuschi |language=fr |website=www.fff.fr |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=Player>{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35466/Laurent_Robuschi.html |title=Laurent Robuschi (Player) |website=www.national-football-teams.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> He is also the maternal grandfather of Anthony Gonzalez, known for his work in the band [[M83 (band)|M83]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sofoot.com/articles/je-prefere-regarder-un-lorient-rennes-quun-manchester-liverpool-culture-foot-interview-m83 |title="Je préfère regarder un Lorient-Rennes qu’un Manchester-Liverpool" |trans-title="I prefer to watch Lorient-Rennes than Manchester-Liverpool" |language=fr |website=www.sofoot.com |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club career===
Born on 5 October 1935 in [[Nice]], Robuschi began his football career in the youth ranks of his hometown club La Semeuse Nice in 1948, aged 13, where he was coached by [[Raoul Chaisaz]], a former professional player from the 1930s.<ref name=Trib>{{cite web |url=https://tribuca.net/reseaux_123691233-la-semeuse-fabrique-a-champions |title=La Semeuse, fabrique à champions |trans-title=The Sower, factory of champions |language=fr |website=tribuca.net |date=31 December 2023 |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=Foot>{{cite web |url=https://www.fanafoot.com/equipe-de-france/les-anciens/laurent-robuschi |title=Laurent Robuschi |language=fr |website=www.fanafoot.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> Due to his small height, he had a low center of gravity, being also a lively and tenacious winger with a great short pass.<ref name=Foot/> In 1953, he joined {{ill|ASPTT Nice|fr}}, but he was unable to find a breakthrough to [[OGC Nice]], so he was sent to [[AS Monaco|Monaco]] in 1954, where he once again had few chances, playing only 8 league matches in his two seasons there; in the latter, he scored 3 goals in as many matches to help Monaco to a 3rd-place finish in the championship.<ref name=OM99/><ref name=Foot/>

In 1956, Robuschi joined [[AS Cannes|Cannes]], then in [[Ligue 2]], where he finally established himself as an undisputed starter on the left wing, scoring 14 goals as Cannes finished 18th, although it escaped from relegation in the playoffs.<ref name=Foot/> In the 1958–59 season, he was the team's top scorer with 21 goals, but his side finished 17th in the D2 championship, just one-off from the relegation zone.<ref name=Foot/> His goal-scoring exploits did not go unnoticed by [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux]], which signed him in 1959, and where he teamed up with the veteran [[Gunnar Andersson (footballer)|Gunnar Andersson]], the top scorer in OM's history, and [[Xercès Louis]], a former international, but it was Robuschi who stood out, with 21 goals, but he was once again let down by his team, which finished last in the league.<ref name=Foot/> Laurent played a crucial role in helping Bordeaux return to the top-flight in 1963, and in their first season back, the club finished 4th.<ref name=Foot/>

Robuschi was the [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the Bordeaux team in the 1960s, scoring around 15 goals per season, with peaks of 20, but his goalscoring prowess proved insufficient to help Bordeaux win a title, finishing as league runner-ups on two occasions in 1965 and 1966, both behind [[FC Nantes|Nantes]], and even reached the [[1964 Coupe de France final|final]] of the [[1963–64 Coupe de France]], which ended in a 2–0 loss to [[Olympique Lyonnais|OL]].<ref name=OM99/><ref name=Foot/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.om4ever.com/CoupeFrance/1960/Coupe1963-1964.html |title=Saison 1963-1964 Lyon Vainqueur |trans-title=1963-1964 Season Lyon Winner |language=fr |website=www.om4ever.com |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> He remained loyal to Bordeaux for eight years, from 1959 until 1967, scoring a total of 115 goals in 264 matches.<ref name=Foot/> He then went to [[Olympique de Marseille]], where he was only able to score 3 goals in 26 league matches during his first season there, so he then returned to his hometown, where he found a position as a [[player-coach]] in [[FC Antibes|Antibes]], playing sporadically until 1975, aged 40.<ref name=Player/><ref name=Foot/><ref name=Net>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/laurent-robuschi/ |title=Laurent Robuschi |website=www.worldfootball.net |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> In total, he scored 68 goals in 189 Ligue 1 matches.<ref name=Net/>

===International career===
On 5 May 1962, the 26-year-old Robuschi made his international debut for France in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] at [[Florence]].<ref name=EU/><ref name=FFF/><ref name=Player/> In total, he earned five [[Cap (sport)#Association football|caps]] for the Blues between 1962 and 1966, being a member of the French squad that participated at the [[1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying|1964 European Championship]] and the 1966 World Cup in England.<ref name=Trib/><ref name=Foot/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1966/squad_fra66.html |title=Planet World Cup - 1966 - Squads - France |website=www.planetworldcup.com |access-date=5 April 2025 }}</ref>

==Managerial career==
After his career as a player ended, Robuschi remained linked to Antibes, now as a full-time coach, a position that he held for nearly two decades, from 1975 until 1993, when he decided to retire.<ref name=Foot/>{{efn|Some sources wrongly claim that he was the full-time manager of Antibes from 1969 until 1986,<ref name=Net/> or even from 1971 until 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html#a |title=France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs - Olympique d'Antibes |publisher=[[RSSSF]] |date=26 September 2019 |access-date=5 April 2025 }}</ref>}}

==Honours==
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;Girondins de Bordeaux
*[[Ligue 1]]:
**Runner-up (2): [[1964–65 French Division 1|1964–65]] and [[1965–66 French Division 1|1965–66]]

*[[Coupe de France]]:
**Runner-up (1): [[1963–64 Coupe de France|1963–64]]

==See also==
*[[List of longest managerial reigns in association football]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{France Squad 1966 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:France men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:AS Monaco FC players]]
[[Category:AS Cannes players]]
[[Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players]]
[[Category:Olympique de Marseille players]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]


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