Nathaël Antoine Julian Julan (19 July 1996 – 3 January 2020) was a French professional

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who played as a

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. He represented

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

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, and

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and

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Career

On 30 June 2016, Julan signed his first professional contract with

, for three years. On 4 August 2017, in the first round of the

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at home to

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, he scored twice in a 4–4 draw and the winning strike in the subsequent

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. After registering three goals and an assist in 14 games over the first half of the season, Julan joined

club

on a 3-year deal on 31 January 2018. On 10 January 2019, he joined

side

, until the end of the season. Eight days later on his debut, he scored to open a 1–1 draw at

Châteauroux Châteauroux ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Châteauroux te ...

. 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

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Personal life and death

Julan was born in

Montivilliers Montivilliers ( or ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A large light industrial and farming town by the banks of the river Lézarde in the Pays de Caux, situated just north of ...

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, and he was of Guadeloupean descent. On 3 January 2020, Julan died in a

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in his

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Pordic Pordic (; ; Gallo: ''Pordic'') is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016 the former commune of Tréméloir merged into Pordic.Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

runner-up: 2018–19

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