Mickaël Buscher (born 11 January 1987) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker and winger. He played in his native France for

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, in Scotland for Gretna, in England for

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, in

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for

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, and

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, and in

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for Canterbury United. He was capped at France U16 and U17 level.

Career

Nice

Buscher was born in

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, Finistère, while his father, former French international

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, was a player for nearby Brest. Buscher began his football career in the

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where his father was on the coaching staff. While a junior with Nice, he played for

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at under-16 and under-17 level, and was called up to the under-18s. He played regularly for the reserves in the

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for three seasons from 2004–05 to 2006–07, but never broke through to the first team.

Gretna

Following a trial with Gretna, newly promoted to the

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, Buscher was released by Nice and signed a three-year contract with the club in August 2007. He scored his only goal for the club during a 4–2 win over

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in early 2008. Following the financial troubles at Gretna, he was made redundant when the club folded and in March 2008 he joined fellow SPL side Hearts on a trial basis. However after spending time with the

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club he could not convince them to offer him a contract and he departed the club.

Grimsby Town

On 11 November 2008, Buscher was handed a trial by English club

with a view to a permanent move. He signed a contract with the club on 2 December joining fellow Frenchman Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro at the club until the end of the 2008–09 season. However Buscher's time at Grimsby was not a memorable one, as he failed to make a single appearance for the club's first team, as well as this, Bushcer also failed to make even the substitute bench. His only appearances for Grimsby came in the club's reserve team, managed by

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. Manager Mike Newell commented saying that he had made a mistake when signing Buscher, and this was the reason that the player was never used in his 7-month stay at Blundell Park On 5 May 2009, Buscher's contract was cancelled ahead of schedule by mutual consent.

Later career

Buscher signed for

n side

for the 2009–2010 season and then in 2010 he joined fellow Tunisian outfit

. He has since played for Nice B,

, Canterbury United and currently

RC Grasse Racing Club Pays de Grasse is a French association football club founded in 1959. Until 2022 they were known as Racing Club de Grasse. They are based in the town of Grasse and their home stadium is the Stade Jean Girard. Since the 2017–18 season ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buscher, Mickael 1987 births Living people People from Landerneau Footballers from Finistère Footballers from Nice Men's association football forwards French men's footballers OGC Nice players Gretna F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players RC Grasse players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England Championnat National 2 players Scottish Premier League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Championnat National 3 players Division d'Honneur players 21st-century French sportsmen