Lourdes: who is Dorian Jauréguy, this fan who offers holy water to Toulouse Football Club players?
Famous for having offered holy water to the players of the Toulouse Football Club, Dorian Jaureguy is passionate about the region’s flagship club. But not only. Portrait of a young man with a thousand and one lives, originally from Lourdes.
“Téfécé” (nickname of the Toulouse Football Club) polo shirt, club mask, player’s jersey… Dorian Jaureguy has all the characteristics of the perfect football supporter.
And despite the two-hour drive and the 175 kilometers that separate the Marian city from the Toulouse Stadium, Dorian’s story is intimately linked to these two places.
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A young man with Noonan syndrome
Born into a family of sportsmen, whose father was a rugby player at FCL XV in the 1980s, Dorian has always “bathed in sport” by his own admission.
Except that very young, he was accelerated with Noonan syndrome, a genetic disease characterized by heart defects and short stature.
“I had two heart operations when I was 6 and 12 years old. And I had to take growth hormones, which caused some complications. Then I just recovered from Staphylococcus aureus, ”says the 27-year-old young man.
A situation that brought her several times to the hospitals of Toulouse. “All of that is behind me. I feel better now. I believe in miracles,” he explains slowly. And this salvation, he owes it to a certain football club in the purple jersey.
Holy water offered to TFC players
A true enthusiast, Dorian never misses a single match for his favorite club. Last May, he even made himself known on social networks for having offered holy water to members of the TFC, before a play-off match for Ligue 1.
An unusual gesture that the communication student repeated: “During the TFC-Sochaux match (4-1 victory on November 20), I offered a three-liter can to the president. The sign of an operation of the Holy Spirit?
“Living in Lourdes, I had to bring something more to the team. It’s part of the folklore. If I have to do it again, I will do it again”, announces the believer who is already looking for an idea at the end of the season, to celebrate the probable membership of his club in the elite of French football.
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From radio to television, to politics
Present on social networks, Dorian is often called upon to react after the matches on the antennas of France Blue Occitaniain the program “100% TFC”.
An enthusiasm for the media that he continued with a brief appearance as an extra in the TV movie “En attendant un miracle” by France 3during his visit to the Marian city this summer.
I’m at the bottom??? pic.twitter.com/OTaWALPFJF
— Dorian Jaureguy (@DorianJaureguy) December 19, 2021
And as the young man is always looking for new adventures, he even joined the list “United and gathered for Lourdes” during the last municipal elections.
“I like discovering new things, in Lourdes or elsewhere. It’s my nature. But the TFC is a big celebration of my life. I often say that I am from Lourdais by birth, but from Toulouse by adoption”, sums up Dorian, with a smile on his face.