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Nathaël Julan
French footballer (1996–2020)
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.[1]
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Julan with Valenciennes in April 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathaël Antoine Julian Julan | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-07-19)19 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Montivilliers, France | ||
| Date of death | 3 January 2020(2020-01-03) (aged 23) | ||
| Place of death | Pordic, France | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2015 | Le Havre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Le Havre B | 52 | (23) |
| 2015–2018 | Le Havre | 39 | (7) |
| 2018–2020 | Guingamp | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Valenciennes (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2019 | Guingamp II | 3 | (2) |
| Total | 118 | (34) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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On 30 June 2016, Julan signed his first professional contract with Le Havre, for three years.[2] 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.[3]
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 31⁄2-year deal on 31 January 2018.[4] On 10 January 2019, he joined Ligue 2 side Valenciennes, until the end of the season.[5] Eight days later on his debut, he scored to open a 1–1 draw at Châteauroux.[6]
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.[7]
Julan was born in Montivilliers, Seine-Maritime, and he was of Guadeloupean descent.[8]
On 3 January 2020, Julan died in a car accident in his Audi Q5 in Pordic, Brittany, after leaving training.[9][10]
Guingamp
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2018–19[11]
- Nathaël Julan at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Le Havre: Nathaël Julan passe professionnel" [Le Havre: Nathaël Julan turns professional]. France Football (in French). 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- "Coupe de la Ligue : Le Havre passe, Sochaux out" [Coupe de la Ligue: Le Havre through, Sochaux out]. L'Équipe (in French). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "EA Guingamp. Julan a signé pour 3 ans et demi" [EA Guingamp. Julan signed for 3 and a half years]. Le Télégramme (in French). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Guingamp: Nathaël Julan prêté à Valenciennes (L2) sans option d'achat" [Guingamp: Nathaël Julan loaned to Valenciennes (L2) without purchase option]. France Football (in French). 10 January 2019.
- Gotte, Richard (18 January 2019). "Ligue 2 : Julan, un but et première réussie, les notes des Valenciennois à Châteauroux" [Ligue 2: Julan a goal and successful debut, the Valenciennes players' ratings at Châteauroux]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Football. Guingamp fait chuter le leader (2-1)" [Football. Guingamp bring down the leader (2-1)]. Le Télégramme (in French). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Football: Décès du jeune attaquant guadeloupéen de l'EAG Nathaël Julan" [Football: Young Guadeloupe striker EAG Nathaël Julan dies]. RCI Martinique (in French). 3 February 2020.
- "Décès de Nathaël Julan" [Nathaël Julan dies] (in French). Guingamp. 3 January 2020.
- "Le joueur de Guingamp Nathaël Julan meurt dans un accident" [Guingamp player Nathaël Julan dies in an accident]. France Bleu (in French). 3 January 2020.
- Kezzouf, Youmni (31 March 2019). "Strasbourg remporte la Coupe de la Ligue aux tirs au but". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- Nathaël Julan at Soccerway
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