Robbie Buttigieg

{{Short description|Maltese footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Robbie Buttigieg

|fullname = Robert Buttigieg

|birth_date = 27 November 1936

|birth_place = Malta

|death_date = {{death date and age |2004|2|11|1936|11|27|df=yes}}

|death_place = Malta

|position = Defender

|youthyears1=

|youthclubs1=

|years1 =

|clubs1 = Sliema Wanderers

|caps1 =166

|goals1 =

|nationalyears1 = 1966

|nationalteam1 = Malta

|nationalcaps1=2

|nationalgoals1=0

|manageryears1 =1981–1982

|managerclubs1 =Sliema Wanderers

}}

Robert "Robbie" Buttigieg (27 November 1936 – 11 February 2004) was a Maltese football defender who played for Sliema Wanderers and represented Malta at international level.{{cite book |year=1995 |title=Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Oxford United 19/08/95 |page=13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37966/Robbie_Buttigieg.html|title=Robbie Buttigieg|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann|access-date=13 January 2015}} A one-club man, he captained Sliema Wanderers and later managed the club.{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.robert.buttigieg.222472.en.html |title=Robert Buttigieg |website=footballdatabase.eu |access-date=8 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20040222/sport/appreciation-robbie-buttigieg.129343|title=Appreciation: Robbie Buttigieg|work=Times of Malta|access-date=13 January 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sliema-wanderers/9/|title=Sliema Wanderers – Manager history|website=worldfootball.net|language=en-GB|access-date=8 July 2017}}