:René Gardien

{{Infobox football biography

| name = René Gardien

| image = René Gardien (EDS Montluçon coach - football).jpg

| caption = Gardien in 1980

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chambéry, Savoie, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|2|1|1928|2|10|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1947–1959

| clubs1 = Sochaux

| years2 = 1959–1960

| clubs2 = Lille

| years3 = 1960–1961

| clubs3 = Besançon

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1953

| nationalteam1 = France

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1962–1969

| managerclubs1 = Thiers

| manageryears2 = 1969–1970

| managerclubs2 = Grenoble

| manageryears3 = 1970–1973

| managerclubs3 = Lille

| manageryears4 = 1974–1983

| managerclubs4 = Montluçon

| manageryears5 = 1988–1990

| managerclubs5 = Clermont

}}

René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French footballer who played as a forward, most notably at FC Sochaux, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a manager.

Playing career

Gardien played for Sochaux from July 1947 to June 1959, and then one season each at Lille and Besançon. He played for the France national team in two friendlies in 1953, scoring 2 goals in the first, against Wales.

Managerial career

From 1962 to 1969, Gardien was a manager at Thiers. After one season managing at Grenoble, he managed Lille from 1970 to 1973, Montluçon from 1974 to 1983, and Clermont from 1988 to 1990.