Irfan Zahrin

**Irfan Zahrin** is the protagonist in the Sulung Bros. series. He is a street footballer at Malaysia. He's goal is to be the World's Best Midfielder.

## Biographical information

### Marital status

15 (2023)
16 (2024)

## Statistics (out of 95's) :

* **Speed/Pace**: 85
* **Shooting**: 92
* **Dribbling**: 87 (+2)
* **Passing**: 93
* **Defending**: 94
* **Physical Attributes**: 93 (+1)
* **Vision**: 99

Making him, **Class S** = **91 OVR**

## Abilities:

### Archetype:

* ***Libero***: The *libero* (Italian for "free") or sweeper is a more versatile type of defender that sweeps up the ball if the opponent manages to break the defensive line. Their position is rather more fluid than other defenders who mark their designated opponents. Sweepers are usually faster than that of the other players on the team, and are built slightly smaller than the others. The sweeper's ability to read the game is even more vital than for a center-back; they also are usually confident on the ball and possess good passing and vision as they are often responsible for starting plays from the backline.

* ***Raumdeuter***: The word essentially translates to "space investigator", and is best used to define the effective role when exploiting the half space. A Raumdeuter's main function is to drift infield and find pockets of space in which to thrive; it is essentially a player who locates dangerous areas of the pitch and uses unoccupied space to create confusion among opposition backlines. They are limited dribblers, and are not characterized by their pace. Their first touch is very efficient, and is a huge contributor to their set-up touches prior to scoring.

### Skills:

* **Street Footballer Technique**: Meaning encompass a number of informal varieties of association football. These informal pick up games do not necessarily follow the requirements of a formal game of football, such as a large field, field markings, goal apparatus and corner flags, eleven players per team, or match officials (referee and assistant referees).
* **Dominant Physicality**:
* **Elastic Dribbling**: Irfan's dribbling style relies on his supreme technique and creativity to get through other players' defenses.
	+ **Cross Elastico Nutmeg**: Irfan performs an elastico but by crossing the ball behind his dominant leg before knocking it between his opponent's legs using his non-dominant foot. He first performed this move on his brother Rin when he returned from Spain, but has also performed this move on Rin during the Japan National Representative Match.
* **Key Passing**: Irfan is also a very efficient passer. As the key passer for his team, his passes are always accurate and efficient, only serving to help the forwards score.

* **Direct Shot**: Irfan first assesses the positions of defenders and the trajectory of the ball, then lands a powerful kick on the ball's impact point in order to score a clean goal. In doing this, Irfan avoids having to overthink his positioning and next move and can just score a clean shot with no interference. It was noted by Izwa that Irfan has no wasted motion when performing his shot, implying that Irfan performs it with flawless technique and control.
	+ **Back Heel Shot**: Irfan first assesses the positions of defenders and feints a direct shot in anticipation for his opponent's block. Then he lands a powerful backwards kick on the ball's impact point in order to score a clean shot.
* **Spatial Awareness**: Irfan instinctually begins to analyze the entire field, giving him a vast understanding of the game, including his opponents and teammates' weapons. Based on this understanding, Irfan can make accurate predictions as to the flow of the game. These premonitions then allow him to envision an ideal play midgame and execute it efficiently even when faced with strong opposition and an unpredictable field.
	+ **Goal Scent**: Using his spatial awareness, Irfan instinctively recognizes the "scent of a goal" that is emitted off of key players from his prediction and is able to expertly send them the ball so they may score.
		- **Spatial Awareness Phase 2: Metavision**: A term used to describe a player's evolved vision that gives them an omnipotent perspective of the field. Using his eyes to constantly take in information from his central and peripheral vision, Irfan constantly collects data on every player, every play they make, and their positions on the field.
* **Flow State**: The immerse state of total aggressive focus 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 energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. Irfan's Flow state involves Irfan constantly using all of his weapons at once to read the field and the distortions caused by the players on it. With his Metavision, he complexly reads the field and identifies player motivations and distortions then takes advantage of these with his spatial awareness and reflex and either mounts a surprise ironclad defense or a swift and unstoppable attack using his positioning and one touch passing.