| Nathaël Julan | |
| Fullname: | Nathaël Antoine Julian Julan |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Montivilliers, France |
| Death Place: | Pordic, France |
| Height: | 1.96 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Le Havre |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Le Havre B |
| Caps1: | 52 |
| Goals1: | 23 |
| Years2: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Le Havre |
| Caps2: | 39 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Guingamp |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Valenciennes (loan) |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 118 |
| Totalgoals: | 34 |
Nathaël Antoine Julian Julan (19 July 1996 – 3 January 2020) was a French professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented Guingamp in Ligue 1, and Le Havre and Valenciennes in Ligue 2.
On 30 June 2016, Julan signed his first professional contract with Le Havre, for three years.[1] On 4 August 2017, in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue at home to Nîmes Olympique, he scored twice in a 4–4 draw and the winning strike in the subsequent penalty shootout.[2]
After registering three goals and an assist in 14 games over the first half of the season, Julan joined Ligue 1 club Guingamp on a 3-year deal on 31 January 2018.[3] On 10 January 2019, he joined Ligue 2 side Valenciennes, until the end of the season.[4] Eight days later on his debut, he scored to open a 1–1 draw at Châteauroux.[5]
In the last match of his life on 30 November 2019, Julan scored both goals, as Guingamp's reserves beat leaders C'Chartres 2–1 at home in the Championnat National 2.[6]
Julan was born in Montivilliers, Seine-Maritime, and he was of Guadeloupean descent.[7]
On 3 January 2020, Julan died in a car accident in his Audi Q5 in Pordic, Brittany, after leaving training.[8] [9]
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