Alexandre Durand

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**Alexandre Durand** (デュランド・アレクサンダー, *De~Yurando Arekusandā*) is a professional football player from Belgium who currently serves as the main striker and ace for Montmartre FC and the Belgium National Team.

## Appearance

Durand is a tall, tough-bodied, and attractive young man with sharp blue eyes, broad shoulders and a large wing span. He has fair skin and short messy blond hair. He has a notably sturdy and muscular frame as well as incredibly well-developed arms and legs, cultivated from years of training, which tends to make him quite popular with girls. He is often seen with a wide smile on his face and usually wears a steam blue t-shirt underneath an open white button up shirt, along with black pants and a pair of sneakers, when out in public. He also wears a white gold ring on his right ring finger.

Professionally, he is seen wearing his red or white Montmartre FC uniform with the number #25, along with red and white striped socks and black footbal cleats.

## Personality

Durand is a sarcastic, confident and straight-forward young man who strives to protect his loved ones at all costs, though he enjoys provoking people and teasing others. He can be quite condescending, and somewhat selfish at times. He is noted to have a very fiery personality and is highly competitive causing him to make rash decisions and have a short temper. He also has a very striking flirtatious personality and enjoys goofing around with his friends. Additionally, he is said to be incredibly intelligent, analytical and cunning.

In general, he isn't a forgiving person and finds it hard to understand people who choose not to be swallowed by the impulse for revenge. Durand's very stubborn mindset and self-awareness of his abilities, causes him to think that he is better than most others which makes him appear to have quite the condescending nature. Ironically, he is also very perceptive of the people around him, being able to tell their intentions, emotions and troubles with a simple stare, even while unable to control and distinguish his own emotions.

## Abilities

### Archetype

* **Complete Forward:** Complete Forwards are strikers with great technical ability, clinical finishing and physical strength, enabling them to fulfil multiple roles. They can link up and play with others, fashion chances for themselves, finish off team moves and hold up the ball. These players are often best given the freedom to play as they wish, without rigid tactical instruction, as their versatility allows them to be fluid on the pitch.

With a supreme and well balanced physicality as a base and the skill that comes from being completely ambidextrous, Durand is a player that has unlimited options. He can act as a starter for any play, connect with his teammates, and finish off plays with little difficulty even when faced against players on par with his skill. Durand has an uncanny ability to be able to find almost any kind of goal from anywhere in the penalty area even from a seemingly impossible zone or dead position. He is known as a monstrous striker due to his hyper efficient style of play and his prodigal physical prowess.

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* Currently

### Skills

**Superior Football Technique:** Durand is known as a world class talent with an advanced football technique. His physical dominance, ball control, power, and kick accuracy are only rivalled by a handful of players in the world. Though other prodigies can be described similarly, what separates Durand his confidence in scoring goals alone, even causing a physical altercation if his experience of the game is hampered in any way. Furthermore his advanced football technique makes him an excellent set piece taker often scoring free-kicks with his powerful direct shooting. Durand is also regarded as one of the most prominent penalty takers in the world and is said to have one of the most powerful right shots in history, being able to score from 30–35 metres from goal. His skill, ego and fearlessness are so advanced that he was recognised by a french professional player to join him at Montmartre FC.

**Expert Ball Control:** Durand possesses exceptional ball control and demonstrates it on a constant basis by setting up traps and scoring with near pin-point accuracy. He constantly scores high level shots, especially in unfavourable positions, when under pressure from tough opponents. One of his most impressive feats is when he performed a fake volley shot.

**Extreme Spatial Awareness:** Durand's main ability is his extreme spatial perception. His spatial awareness takes into account player's positions and specialties, with his awareness being specifically focused towards the goal at all times. This is the key to his perfect scoring ability within the penalty area, since he is able to "see" the goal whenever he is in the penalty area, even without physically facing it. Furthermore, when he is in flow, Durand is able to perceive he location of the goal even outside the range of the penalty area.

* **Spacing:** By reading the weapon of his opponent, as well as the positions of other players on the field, Durand spaces himself in such a way as to allow for him to predict and respond to whatever they decide to do.
* **Synchronisation:** Durand is also able to use his spatial awareness defensively, through reading and understanding the core of his opponent's football he can overlap his thoughts with theirs to predict what they will do next.

**Off the Ball Movements:** A term used to describe the moments where players are not in possession of the ball. Durand makes use of these movements to position himself in an opponent's blind spot, as well as to manoeuvre into goal scoring positions. He does this after determining the field of view of the players on the pitch.

* **Positioning:** Durand has incredible positioning, constantly moving to areas where he can receive the ball in space and still be able to score a goal. If he realises that he will not receive a pass, he always positions himself in a place where he would be able to score if he should receive the ball by chance. After using his spacing, Durand gives himself enough room to predict where the opponent will likely break through, then uses his positioning to intercept them.
* **Super-Speed Interlock:** By using the movements of another player as a precursor, Durand moves into a position where he can meet a quick cross in an open space.

**Dominant Physicality:** Durand is physically the strongest and most dominant player on his team, even surpassing the mighty physicality of his captain who is a legendary defender known for his aggressiveness and physicality. His physical strength alone is enough to kick back other physically dominant players. Durand is able to circumvent his opponent's defense, constantly leveraging his superior physical ability over them by breaking past them in an off the ball fight with his movements, using his body and theirs to create momentum to break past them, or by jumping over them altogether. His naturally strong and powerful body enable him to overcome powerful opponents with his strength alone, and accelerate past his opponents with ease, earning him the moniker of an "athletic freak".

**Immense Speed:** Due to possessing incredible genetics and an almost superhuman body, Alexandre's powerful leg muscles enable him to run down the field at incredible speeds. Durand is widely considered to be one of the fastest players in the world, with only his teammate, Andrea Moretti, being able to beat him in a direct contest of speed. This speed, combined with his perception and awareness of positioning enables him to choose the appropriate breakthrough point in an opponent's defence and to speed through. It is for these reasons that Durand has one of the best breakthrough abilities in Europe.

* **Long-Distance Sprinting:** While, Durand does not possess the explosive acceleration like Hirawa or Moretti he is by far faster over long distance.
* **No-Break Dribble:** Instead of trapping a pass, Durand bounces the ball forward without stopping his run. He then runs at breakneck speeds with the ball in tow and during the sprint accelerates even faster without losing momentum from adjustment, being unable to be stopped by anybody trying to stop him or defend the goal.
* **High-Speed Pressure:** Durand i is able to utilise his speed in a defensive manner, by quickly moving across the field to hound whoever is in possession of the ball. This pressure can force errors in opponent's and easily allows his team to set up traps. However, this tactic is incredibly draining on his stamina, as he cannot run for a long period of time.

**Ambidexterity:** Durand is completely and evenly ambidextrous with his feet allowing him to dribble, trap, pass, feint, and shoot the ball with either foot at any angle with the same level of power and accuracy on either side.

**Reflex:** Durand is able to reflexively take into account his position and his opponent's, to leverage his weapons for an ideal shot. His reflexes and speed grant him the ability to get to any point on the field faster than others could and his natural ability to use all of his body parts optimally allows for him to perform incredible physical feats that are uncommon to most footballers of his age. It's Durand's unrivalled instincts that make him such a potent scorer in and around the penalty area, establishing him as one of the most dangerous strikers in Europe.

**All Powerful Shot:** With Durand's ambidexterity and his top tier physicality, he is able to make any kind of shot with either foot being able to constantly feint while switching feet and finish a play with a shot that does not lose power or accuracy from using both feet in tandem. His kick speed is amongst the highest in the world.

**Acrobatic Touch:** Durand uses his masterful balance and body control to perform a wide variety of acrobatic touches and shots. He is able to perform these touches from a multitude of positions, whether it is unfavourable or not. Durand is able to avoid having to resit his positioning by using his superior reflexes to make the acrobatic touch

* **Bicycle Kick:** An acrobatic strike where a player kicks an airborne ball rearward in mid-air. Bicycle kicks can be used defensively to clear away the ball from the goalmouth or offensively to strike at the opponent's goal in an attempt to score.
* **No-Look Goal:** A skill that few strikers in the world can pull off; Durand jumps for the ball while turned away from goal and instinctively takes a shot without looking. This shot is incredibly fast and unpredictable, making it hard to react to.

**Jumping Power:** Durand has incredible jumping ability which, supplemented with his height, enable to him reach aerial balls from a higher position than most other players in Blue Lock. Hirawa has used his jumping ability to intercept long balls and score from long balls, making him an ideal target for a cross or as a centre back who can physically overwhelm the opposing player.

* **Jumping Header:** When sent a long range pass into the penalty area, Hirawa traces the line drawn by the parabola in order to intercept it in midair. He can then head the ball at a downwards angle, where it will bounce past any opposition defence as well as the goalkeeper.
* **Midair Chest Trap:** In order to receive a long range pass, Durand uses his jumping ability to trap the ball in midair with his chest.

**Flow State:** Flow, as described by Ego, is the state of "total immersion" or "being in the zone". It is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energised focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

## Etymology

* His given name, **Alexandre** (アレクサンドル) means "warrior" or "defender of men".
* Alexandre's surname **Durand** (デュランド) means "enduring."

## Trivia

* His hometown is Ciney, Belgium.
* His favourite colour is dark red.
* His foot size is 29.7 cm.
* He is loosely based on Erling Haaland.
* His idols are Zlatan Ibrahimović, Marco van Basten and Ronaldo.
* Favourite food is spicy prawn tagliatelle pasta.
* His epithet "Soccer Monster" is a reference to his abnormal physical prowess and incredible development rate.
* His first name *Alexandre* is a reference to the author of his favourite book, Alexandre Dumas.
* He speaks English, Dutch, French and German fluently.