Gaby Robert

Gabriel "Gaby" Robert (5 March 1920 – 15 May 2003) was a French football player and coach. He played for the France Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

After his playing career, he became a coach with Hyères FC, Toulon, Lyon, Valenciennes and coached France at the 1976 Summer Olympics. and played France two games against India and Great Britain, as France were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. He never had a cap with France senior team.

Coaching career In 1966 Robert coached France national Amateurs team.

In 1976 he managed France at the 1976 Olympic Football Tournament, as France was eliminated in the quarterfinals by East Germany.

He thus became the first French, and to date the only, to participate to the Olympic Football Tournament as both a player and a manager.

Personal life and death Robert was born in Belcodène on 5 March 1920. He died in Hyères on 15 May 2003.