Damien Durand
French footballer (born 1995)
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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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Durand with Red Star in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Les Ulis, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Star | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Morangis-Chilly | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Morangis-Chilly | ||
| 2017–2019 | Les Ulis | 48 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Sainte-Geneviève | 20 | (3) |
| 2020– | Red Star | 189 | (46) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 | |||
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]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 February 2026[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CO Les Ulis | 2017–18 | National 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | National 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | ||
| Total | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 48 | 5 | |||
| Sainte-Geneviève Sports | 2019–20 | National 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | |
| Red Star | 2020–21 | National | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | 38 | 10 | |
| 2021–22 | National | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | – | 33 | 10 | ||
| 2022–23 | National | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | National | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | 36 | 7 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 2 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 9 | ||
| Total | 179 | 42 | 13 | 4 | — | 191 | 46 | |||
| Career total | 247 | 50 | 14 | 4 | – | 261 | 54 | |||
- Includes Coupe de France