Robert "Robbie" Busscher (; born 23 November 1982) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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from 2001 to 2006. Busscher played for

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Stormvogels Telstar Sport Vereniging Argon is a football and basketball club from Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Its male first football squad plays in the Hoofdklasse. History 20th century The club was founded in 1971 as a merger of RKSV Stormvogels, VV Mijdrecht, an ...

SC Feyenoord Sportclub Feyenoord, also known as Feyenoord AV, is an amateur football club from Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the amateur branch of the professional football club Feyenoord. SC Feyenoord is playing in the Saturday Hoofdklasse (5th tier). Fey ...

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and

RBC Roosendaal RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde ...

before switching sports to compete in

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where he previously played for FC Tutor.

Playing career

Football

As a youngster Busscher played for

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and appeared for the

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at U19 level. In 2001, he secured a move to English club

, joining on a free transfer along with fellow Feyenoord youngster Ronald Ermes. Busscher featured once for Grimsby, coming on as a substitute for fellow countryman

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in the 89th minute of a 1–0 victory over

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. If chances were limited under

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, they were non-existent under new manager Paul Groves. Busscher and Ermes were released in January 2002. The pair returned to the Netherlands and signed with

an amateur sister club connected to Feyenoord.

Futsal

Busscher now plays Futsal for FC Tutor Delft in his home country.

References

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