Mickaël Buscher

Mickaël Buscher

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-01-11) 11 January 1987
Place of birth	Landerneau, France
Height
Position(s)	Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team	Canterbury United
Youth career
2002–2005	Nice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Nice	0	(0)
2007–2008	Gretna	17	(1)
2008–2009	Grimsby Town	0	(0)
2010	Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif	13	(4)
2010–2011	Club Athlétique Bizertin	3	(0)
2011–2013	Nice B
2013	AS Marsa
2014	Canterbury United
2014-	Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif
International career‡
2002	France U16	1	(0)
2003	France U17	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 August 2010

Mickaël Buscher (born 11 January 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker and winger for Canterbury United.

Career

Nice

Buscher was born in Landerneau, Finistère, while his father, former French international Gérard Buscher, was a player for nearby Brest. Buscher began his football career in the youth system at OGC Nice where his father was on the coaching staff. While a junior with Nice, he played for France at under-16 and under-17 level, and was called up to the under-18s. He played regularly for the reserves in the Championnat de France Amateurs 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 Scottish Premier League, 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 Kilmarnock 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 Edinburgh club he could not convince them to offer him a contract and he departed the club.

Grimsby Town

On 11 November 2008 he was handed a trial by English club Grimsby Town with a view to a permanent move, Buscher 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 Stuart Watkiss. 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.

Latter career

Buscher signed for Tunisian side Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif for the 2009–2010 season and then in 2010 he joined fellow Tunishan outfit Club Athlétique Bizertin. He has since played for Nice B, AS Marza and currently Canterbury United.

External links

• Mickael Buscher career statistics at Soccerbase