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.
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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.
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 Barou into the training room to face off the player in a 1v1, all to prove his point. Barou 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, due to his history with his late teammate who committed suicide.[2] He participates in philanthropy, picking up Don Lorenzo off the streets and replaced the impoverished man's teeth with gold implants.[3]
Overall, Snuffy is a pleasant, polite, and persistent man prioritizing individual strength over all else.
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.
The core of Snuffy's playstyle is related to 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. With his leadership skills and tactics, Snuffy gained the title of "Crown Messenger" due to him leading every team he's been on to victory. Noel Noa has stated that while he may be the world's best striker, Snuffy is the world's best playmaker.
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 block by Kaiser, Snuffy was able to jump very high and pass the ball.
- Metavision: Snuffy is a master at using metavision, and combined with his world class thought patterns, Snuffy can be a very dangerous opponent on the field. Snuffy mainly uses this skill to support his team's tactics as a "watchman".
- Exquisite Ball Control: Snuffy has world class ball-keeping techniques. Snuffy positions himself to shield the ball and uses his arms to ward off attackers. He was able keep the ball against a double team attack of Yoichi and Noa. His ball control is notably moves fast to be read by opponents.
Quotes
- (To Shoei Baro) Barō Shōei. Will you be able to love yourself when you are no longer viewed as a genius? [2]
- (To Shoei Baro) Are you interested in succeeding me as Ubers' next king? [2]
- (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
- 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.
- Referred to as 'the best overall ability player in the world' by Noel Noa.
- Has many similarities to a real life player - Zlatan Ibrahimović.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Character profile from Egoist Bible vol.2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 215.
- ↑ Blue Lock Manga: Chapter 216.
| Ubers | |
|---|---|
| Master Striker | Marc Snuffy |
| U-20 Regulars | Don Lorenzo |
| Blue Lock | Gen Fukaku · Ikki Niko · Jyubei Aryu · Kyohei Shiguma · Oliver Aiku · Shingen Tanaka · Shoei Baro · Shuto Sendo · Yukio Ishikari |