Damien Durand

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Damien Durand
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Durand with Red Star in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Red Star
Number 7
Youth career
Morangis-Chilly
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Morangis-Chilly
2017–2019 Les Ulis 47 (5)
2019–2020 Sainte-Geneviève 20 (3)
2020– Red Star 160 (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2025

Damien Durand (born 16 September 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 2 club Red Star.

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Early life

Durand's father Denis played in Bordeaux's youth academy alongside players such as Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry. [1]

Durand practiced judo in his childhood. As a green belt, he won the Essonne championship in the under 38 kg category. [2]

Career

Growing up in Chilly-Mazarin, [2] Durand began playing senior football at a "very young" age with Morangis-Chilly in the Division d'Honneur Régionale (DHR), [3] the seventh tier of French football at the time. [4] In 2017, he signed for Les Ulis in the Championnat National 3, and in 2019, for Sainte-Geneviève in the Championnat National 2. [1] Concurrently, Durand obtained a Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animateur (BAFA), [2] a qualification that enables individuals to lead activities for children and adolescents in camps or recreational centers. [5] Up until 2020, he was employed by the town of Morangis, and hoped to pursue a career in the public sector. [2]

In the summer of 2020, Durand signed a professional contract for Championnat National club Red Star. On 24 August 2020, he made his debut for the club in a 5–3 defeat to Bastia, scoring two goals and earning a penalty for his team. [6] [2] After his performances in the first half of the season, for which he was described as a "revelation" of the Championnat National by several observers, Durand earned a contract extension with Red Star lasting until the end of the 2022–23 season. [7] [1]

In the 2023–24 season, Durand finished as the Championnat National's joint top assist provider with eight assists as Red Star finished in first place and achieved promotion to Ligue 2. [8] [9] On 30 August 2024, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal in a 4–3 victory over Guingamp. [9]

Honours

Red Star

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Corby, Stéphane (1 December 2020). "Football : Le Red Star prolonge Damien Durand, la révélation du National". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Corby, Stéphane (3 December 2020). "National : l'ex-animateur de mairie qui brille chez les pros". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Naizet, Matthieu (14 November 2020). "Damien Durand (Red Star), l'ailier virevoltant aux ascensions régulières". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Dieuze : "Luzenac repart en DHR"". Le Figaro (in French). 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Le brevet d'aptitude aux fonctions d'animateur (BAFA)". Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale et de la Jeunesse (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Red Star vs. Bastia". Soccerway. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Football : Damien Durand intéresse le Sporting". Corse Matin (in French). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. 1 2 Le Brech, Philippe (5 August 2024). "National. Buteurs, passeurs… les stats 2023-2024 !". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 Pruneta, Laurent (30 August 2024). "Guingamp-Red Star (3-4) : un match fou et une grosse performance pour les Audoniens". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Damien Durand at Soccerway
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