On December 12th, 1986, Alexandre Laveaux was born in Boudreaux. His mother, Leandra Leaveaux, was born in Brazil, and came to France to write for an art magazine that was based in Paris. Alexandre and his mother would often take the train into Paris to go to famous art museums and to meet famous artists. Leandra tried to instill the love of art into Alexandre at an early age. But, little Alexandre couldn't stand the art museums his mother loved so much. While Leandra was inside the museums, Alexandre would sneak outside into the courtyard and run around for hours and hours. Finally, Leandra gave up on trying to get Alexandre to love Art. For his 6th birthday, in 1992, Alexandre got a football.
Little Alex, which was his nickname when he was 6, was overjoyed. For hours every day, Alex would run to the park and play with his football. Finally, Leandra signed Little Alex up for the local Sunday League. But, little Alex was far too good for Sunday League with the 6 year old's. In his first game, he scored 12 goals. In his second, he scored 15. The leaders of the Sunday League told Alex to play a year up. He scored 5 goals in his first game with the 7 year old's. He scored 3 in his first game with the 8 year old's. And finally, little Alex met his match when he came up against the 9 year old's. He only scored 2 goals in that game. At 10 years old, Alex played with the 15 year old team. At 12, he was the highest scorer in the division for the 17 year old's. Talent like this didn't just go unrecognized. Scouts were at every single one of his U18 games, watching him weave in and out of players that were 5 years older than he was. Everybody said that he was going to be a superstar. At 14, Alex signed a youth contract with Lyon.
Alex was put in the U18 team, and he still couldn't be stopped. It wasn't up until Alex played for the Lyon reserves, at the tender age of 16, did Alex start to face resistance. For the first time in his life, Alex struggled. He would play striker for 10 games in a row and not bag a single goal. After that, Alex’s work rate took a dramatic drop. He would always be late for training, and he would always be the person running the slowest during laps. However, his coaches babied him. The staff, although frustrated by his inconsistency, marveled at the talent Alexandre Laveaux possessed. On his best day, he was flat out unplayable. But time started running out, and Alex’s performance didn't improve. At 20, Alex was demoted from the reserves to the U21’s. Alex’s performance didn't improve. Then one day, Alex skipped training. He had done it many times before, but this time, the patience of the Lyon organization finally ran out. Alexandre Laveaux, wonderkid, was cut.
Alex was stunned, he had never failed at anything football related before. He signed on with Moulin, a club in the CFA-B, the same division that the Lyon Reserves had played in. But Alexandre was a bench warmer there, and the coaches had no sympathy for him. If he didn't score, then he wouldn't play, and Alexandre, couldn't score. Finally, at the age of 25, Alexandre was cut for the final time. He decided to get his coaching badges, as it was the only football-related thing he could do anymore. He completed the course for the Continental A license. And now, Alexandre is starting a new career. My name is Alexandre Laveaux, and this is my story.
Little Alex, which was his nickname when he was 6, was overjoyed. For hours every day, Alex would run to the park and play with his football. Finally, Leandra signed Little Alex up for the local Sunday League. But, little Alex was far too good for Sunday League with the 6 year old's. In his first game, he scored 12 goals. In his second, he scored 15. The leaders of the Sunday League told Alex to play a year up. He scored 5 goals in his first game with the 7 year old's. He scored 3 in his first game with the 8 year old's. And finally, little Alex met his match when he came up against the 9 year old's. He only scored 2 goals in that game. At 10 years old, Alex played with the 15 year old team. At 12, he was the highest scorer in the division for the 17 year old's. Talent like this didn't just go unrecognized. Scouts were at every single one of his U18 games, watching him weave in and out of players that were 5 years older than he was. Everybody said that he was going to be a superstar. At 14, Alex signed a youth contract with Lyon.
Alex was put in the U18 team, and he still couldn't be stopped. It wasn't up until Alex played for the Lyon reserves, at the tender age of 16, did Alex start to face resistance. For the first time in his life, Alex struggled. He would play striker for 10 games in a row and not bag a single goal. After that, Alex’s work rate took a dramatic drop. He would always be late for training, and he would always be the person running the slowest during laps. However, his coaches babied him. The staff, although frustrated by his inconsistency, marveled at the talent Alexandre Laveaux possessed. On his best day, he was flat out unplayable. But time started running out, and Alex’s performance didn't improve. At 20, Alex was demoted from the reserves to the U21’s. Alex’s performance didn't improve. Then one day, Alex skipped training. He had done it many times before, but this time, the patience of the Lyon organization finally ran out. Alexandre Laveaux, wonderkid, was cut.
Alex was stunned, he had never failed at anything football related before. He signed on with Moulin, a club in the CFA-B, the same division that the Lyon Reserves had played in. But Alexandre was a bench warmer there, and the coaches had no sympathy for him. If he didn't score, then he wouldn't play, and Alexandre, couldn't score. Finally, at the age of 25, Alexandre was cut for the final time. He decided to get his coaching badges, as it was the only football-related thing he could do anymore. He completed the course for the Continental A license. And now, Alexandre is starting a new career. My name is Alexandre Laveaux, and this is my story.
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