Marc Snuffy

Name: Marc Snuffy

Age: 37

Blood type: A

Marc Snuffy (マルク・スナッフィー, Maruku Sunaffī?) is a professional football player from the Republic of Malta who plays as a forward for Italy’s Ubers. He participates in the Blue Lock Project’s Neo Egoist League as the master striker and coach of the Italy stratum.

Appearance:

Snuffy is a tall, well built man. He has medium length light hair and light eyes. He has a very defined nose and big owl like eyes. He is usually found with a bandanna on his forehead. His eyes are orange.

Personality:

Snuffy is a man who prioritizes teamwork, strategy, and patient playing, shown in how he manages Ubers. Despite this seemingly cold, calculating ideology, Snuffy is a rather mild person, politely pleading Shoei Baro to follow his team ideology and allowing the player to refuse. However, Snuffy is also an extremely determined man, following Baro into the training room to face off the player in a 1v1, all to prove his point. Baro agrees to his philosophy after the team master won.

It is shown that Snuffy prioritizes a player's mental state along with their individual talents. The trauma of having lost his best friend from the mental stress of not meeting expectations incentivized Snuffy to teach his players that soccer is merely a business. His philosophy teaches players to put themselves above all, as losing the ability to play can vanish at any time. Snuffy considers those who fail to visualize life after soccer as mere amateurs and teenagers. He designs strategies and contingencies so that, in the event of a loss, the burden of failure falls on him, not his players.

When Baro challenged his ideology and hijacked Ubers; Snuffy felt excitement at the rebellion, taunting Baro to prove his beliefs wrong. After Baro accepted the stakes of his path - a future where he can fail with honor - Snuffy smirked and stepped in to block Noa from stopping Baro's gamble shot. Snuffy congratulates Baro and admits that the goal was not the work of his design, but the work of the ace's ego. Baro challenged Snuffy to withdraw his retirement and settle their score, which he accepted, showing that even he was still a shitty brat with dreams like Mick. Snuffy praises Japan in the end, and started to believe their nonsensical dream of winning the World Cup could actually become a reality.

Abilities:

Archetype Complete Forward: Complete Forwards are strikers with great technical ability, clinical finishing, and physical strength, enabling them to fulfill multiple roles. They can link up with and play in 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. Tactical Brilliance: Snuffy is a tactical generalist who operate the best of his resources and teammates' abilities. He incorporates strategies and plans into his players to promote a tactical team with contingencies to any crisis. Noel Noa describes Snuffy as a man who enjoys logicality and intelligence.

Skills:

Superior Physicality: Snuffy's physique is very unique as it incorporates the elements of jujutsu, allowing him to have an almost unnatural sense of balance, world class hold-up plays and ball keeping sense. He is strong enough to knock out even the likes of Shoei Baro. Jumping Power: Snuffy has demonstrated to have high jumping ability. Despite being blocked by Kaiser, Snuffy was able to jump high and perform a header to pass the ball to his teammate. Metavision: Snuffy is experienced at utilizing Metavision, and combined with his supreme thought patterns, Snuffy can be a very dangerous opponent on the field. He mainly uses this skill to support his team's tactics as a watchman. unlike the tradition of strikers preferability to align their goals. Exquisite Ball Control: The core of Snuffy's playstyle the Japanese martial art known as jujutsu. Jujutsu has given Snuffy a deep understanding of movement and physical contact, and by combining those things with his soccer skills, Snuffy has devised his world class hold-up plays and ball retention skills. He was able keep the ball against a double team attack of Yoichi and Noa. His ball control notably moves fast to be read by opponents according to Jingo Raichi. Utility Dribble: Snuffy's methodology of dealing with opponents is efficient and pragmatic: he uses his body, physical strength and ball control to protect the ball and advance and instead of relying on breaks or flashy movements, Snuffy opts for a utilitarian dribble, focused on retaining possession and creating space.

Quotes:

(To Shoei Baro) Barō Shōei. Will you be able to love yourself when you are no longer viewed as a genius?[3] (To Shoei Baro) Are you interested in succeeding me as Ubers' next king?[3] (To Shoei Baro) Before you are a football player, you are a person, regardless of whether you are talented or not. So value your life. (To Don Lorenzo) Would you like to play soccer with me?

Etymology:

First Name: Marc: The first name Marc originates from the Latin name Marcus, which is derived from Mars, the Roman god of war. Therefore, the name "Marc" can be interpreted as "of Mars" or "sacred to Mars". It is a name traditionally associated with strength, valor, and martial qualities. Additionally, "Marc" is a variant of the name Markus, which also conveys meanings of "warrior" or "man". As such, it carries connotations of masculinity and power. Surname: Snuffy: The surname Snuffy has its origins in the English language, derived from the verb "to snuff", meaning to sniff or snort.

Trivia:

Snuffy has already won four of the five major soccer leagues (Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and La Liga), now he is competing for Serie A.