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.

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.

From 1962 to 1969, Gardien was a manager at Thiers.

This biographical article related to association football in France, about a forward born in the 1920s, is a stub.