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As You Know, Foot 2 Rue has it's very own Street Football World Cup. This means new teams every year. As the season progresses, each team will have a new member compared to the five members only rule. As well as the new teams, there are also the adults who may or may not provide advice to the Blues/Rifflers. Some celebrity characters like Nico would only appear for two episodes.


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    The Blues/Rifflers 

Sebastian "Tag" Arias Oler (Formerly Tagano)

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The action guy of the show.

Sebastian Arais Oler AKA Sebastian Tagano Tag is the main character and captain of the Rifflers. He is a fan of football and hopes to go professional. Tag is considered the coolest kid in school but he can be a bit of a bully and is prone to be jealous. Despite this, Tag is clever, charismatic and has fangirls chasing after him.

Tag was born in Argentina to Pablo Arias Echevarne and Sophia Oler. By the time he was born, Argentina was right-wing dictatorship state. Not long after, Sophia passed away, so Pablo took baby Sebastian to France. Tag's childhood wasn't easy. He got into trouble a lot and was the Riffler institute's school bully when he really just wanted a friend. Tag is very picky when choosing his friends and usually accepts them in his group only because of their passion for football.

Voiced by: Herbert Grulla (Fra), David Gasman (Eng) David Garbolino (Ita), Hector Gomez (Mex)

"So, Tony. I thought you were ready?"


Eloise Riffler

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That's The Hero's girl.

Since she was a baby, Eloise has been surrounded by the finest things in life. Sadly for her, her parents don't pay any attention to her. She literally has fanboys drooling over her, which she inherited from her mother. Despite this, Eloise doesn't want to be seen as a rich jerk.(This is why Tag resented her.)

Eloise's grandfather owns the Riffler institute. Because of this, she has free access anytime she likes.

Voiced by: Christelle Reboul (Fra), Jodi Forrest (Eng), Joanne Papandrea (Ita), Gaby Ugarte (Mex)

"Come on! Can't we celebrate our victory?"


Jeremy Webert

Voiced by: Yann Le Madic (Fra), Luke Sandri (Ita), Irwin Daayan (Mex)

"Well I can. We turned those Road Runners into road kill"

  • Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He claims to be good at it and he makes several references to Jackie Chan and the Karate Kid whilst failing to chop a block with his hand. Even his mentor resembles Mr Miyagi.
  • Big Eater: One of Jeremy's worst habits.
  • Big Man on Campus: Ever since he joined the Rifflers, Jeremy is trying to big himself up.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy: Jeremy did study for a test only for the Rifflers to realize that he was trying to overthrow Tag.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Think Pasila Kyosti and Feliciano rolled into one.
  • Butt-Monkey: Used To be until Season 3 where more Butt Monkey gags involve Eloise.
  • Casanova Wannabe: Poor Samira must think twice before dating a guy like Jeremy.
  • Catchphrase: Tak Tak Tak.
  • Caught with Your Pants Down: Let's call it a towel shall we?
  • Chick Magnet: He wants to be one really bad but aren't we forgetting that Samira's the only chick he's attracted to?
  • Dance Battler
  • Deadpan Snarker: Saying witty remarks is what he does best besides playing football.
  • Education Mama: Possibly one of the reasons he ran away from home
    • To be fair, Jeremy ran away from home because his mother wouldn't let him see his father.
  • Fiery Redhead: Averted. Jeremy's probably too clueless how to be a Tsundere except when Samira's involved.
  • Idiot Hero: Despite being The Lancer, Jeremy could even star in his own Shonen manga comic.
  • Jerk Jock: He's even worse than Tag.
  • The Lancer: He isn't very happy about this. In Season 3, Jeremy seems to be Tag's right hand man. Whenever Tag goes Awol, Jeremy's more than happy to take his place and agreeing with him.
  • Large Ham: He often claims to be 10 times better than Tag.However, Tag will never let Jeremy forget that he's number one.
  • Official Couple: Him and Samira. As soon as the foot massage scene kicked in it was love at first sight (At least in Samira's point of view).
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: He claims to be the blue oni, but he's too lazy so he's everybody's red oni, except the twins.
  • Team Dad: He is often this to Tek and No. Out of the twins, Tek seems to get along with him.
  • Walking Techbane: He had a habit of breaking computers especially in Season 2.

Samira Ziaoui

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Smart, athletic. Is there anything she hasn't got?
Voiced by: Alicia Fleury (Fra)

We crushed them! I can't believe we beat the Road Runners 5-0!"


  • The Ace: Smart and athletic. If Tag was absent for some reason, she automatically fills the roll of The Hero.
  • Berserk Button: Hit on Jeremy in front of her and she will threaten you.
    • Anything racist or sexist will piss her off massively.
  • The Big Guy: More so in Season 3.
  • Big Man on Campus: Beside the Rifflers, Samira has friends outside her own team such as Atsuko, Prenda and Manuella.
  • Chekhov's Gun: Anything involving Samira has got to be a Chekhov's gun.
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Distaff Counterpart: She is Tag's counterpart in terms of personality.
  • Fanservice
    • Gabriel, who was the oldest (As well as the tallest since his birthday was mentioned) left for Paris and Samira seems to be the 2nd oldest and the tallest (Although she's the same height as Tag).
  • The Lancer: If Tag's not around, she becomes this to Eloise, who's The Hero.
  • Otaku: She loves manga and anime much to Eloise's dismay.
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes: For some reason, she has bigger eyes than the rest of her friends.
  • Single-Issue Psychology: Samira must've seen her father get beat up in a race attack when she moved to France. This has left her traumatized. If somebody mentions it without knowing it, she would threaten to kill them.
  • Serious Business: Other than football, Samira is also a fan of Manga and Anime. Even insulting Japanese culture would force Samira to start saying to your face that you just said the wrong thing at the wrong time.
  • Team Mom: To Jeremy and the twins. It's not bad having younger siblings. Just ask Momo and he'll tell you the info.
    • Some of the older kids like Tag and Eloise take her advice.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Samira is actually the tomboy to Eloise's girly girl.
  • Tsundere: A Type B in Season 2, but a Type A in season 3. Samira is the easily angered one (Although not on Tag's level) and Takeshi had to learn the hard way.

Tek and No Zaim

Voiced by: Paschale Chemin (Fra), Irwin Daayan (Mex)

Gabriel N Daula

Voiced by: Athur Pestel (Fra), Victor Urgarte (Mex), Mirabelle Kirkland (Eng)
  • Alone Among the Couples: For the first part of season 2, until he meets Fatou of the Saï Saï of Dakar.
  • Asian and Nerdy: He's part Asian and pretty nerdy.
  • Badass Bookworm: A bookish and nerdy guy who can sure apply that knowledge when it comes to Street Football.
  • Black and Nerdy: Part African and he's rather nerdy.
  • Butt-Monkey: More of that in Season 2.
  • Extreme Doormat: He gets this treatment whenever Eloise goes missing.
    • No wait, scratch that! He was this to Tag in most of Season 1.
  • In-Series Nickname: Gabe and Brains.
  • Nerd Glasses: Wears round glasses and is the main strategist of the team.
  • Nice Guy: One of the nicest characters on the show.
  • Potty Emergency: After he scored the winning goal against the Scorpions, he dashed off behind a shed to relieve himself. When the Rifflers congratulate him, Tag makes fun of him whilst Tek, No and Eloise look on.

Lil' Dragon Wong

Bianca

Assaad

Kani

Frank

    Parents of the Blues/Rifflers 

Pablo Arias Echervane


Count Riffler


Madame Riffler


Countess Riffler


  • Cool Old Lady: She's Eloïse's grandmother and she's always willing to help and listen to her.
  • Demoted to Extra: Far less prominent is season 2 than how she was in season 1.
  • I Was Quite the Looker: While the picture isn't very good, she was apparently quite pretty back in the day.
  • Miniature Senior Citizens: Even with her wheelchair she looks very small.
  • Old Friend: She and Miss Adelaide know each other from a long time.
  • The Voiceless: She didn't say anything for the first twenty episodes before finally speaking to call out her son and daughter in-law for their negligence of Eloïse. Even her own son is surprised she talks.

Mr. Zaim


Mr. and Mrs. N Daula


    The Meninos of Brazil 

The Meninos


  • Drives Like Crazy: Eduardo again.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Eduardo has eventually done some stuff in his prime.
    • Also Milton getting to the point that even Zangezinho lampshades this, much to Tag's shock.

Zangezinho

Voiced by: Matthew Gezcy (Eng)
  • Defeat Means Friendship: After the finals in Season 1, Zangezinho is still friends with the Rifflers, mainly Tag and Eloise due to the love triangle.
  • Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job: When his father falls ill, he's forced to work as mailman to support his family. Thanks to the Rifflers, his father can receive surgery.
  • Nice Guy: In comparison to what Tag thought, Zangezinho is a nice guy who doesn't mean any harm.
  • Those Two Guys: Him and Sinead are seen together the most of all the captains.

Eduardo

Milton

Miguelinho

  • The Big Guy: Miguelinho played as a goalkeeper once against the Chinese team.

Pepigna

Ricardo

    The Bronx Devils 

The Bronx Devils

  • Amazon Brigade: They are one of only two all-female teams seen in the series, the others being the Panthers of South Africa.
  • The Quiet One: Rose is the least talkative of the team.
  • Token Minority: Mary is African-American while Jodie is Asian-American.

    The Dolphins of Oceania 

The Dolphins of Kiribati

  • Fluffy the Terrible: Their name is not very intimidating, but they sure can be.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Oscar, especially in "Disappearance" where he let Eloise escape from the storage, "Cruise With Nico" where he cheered Victoria up and "Welcome To Tunis" when he and Harry join forces with Tag, Eloise and Jeremy.
    • Victoria has her moments as well especially when her attempts to reunite Tag with Pablo worked. Not only was Victoria well liked among the Rifflers but she wanted to her friendship with Eloise to continue and it worked.
  • Karma Houdini: Victoria hardly claims responsibility for the trouble she caused Tag.
    • Oscar never got his when he kissed Eloise. Tag didn't even mention about it in "Welcome To Tunis".
  • Shipper on Deck: Every single one of them ship Eloise with Mochi.

Oscar

Tubo

Fara

Harry

Natho

  • Gonk: She's not a pretty woman.

    The Ninjas of Tokyo 

The Ninjas of Tokyo

Akira

Bunji

  • The Big Guy: And they used him as a sumo wrestler instead of a badass samurai
  • Dumb Muscle: Subverted. Bunji might look it but he's smarter than he appears.

Takeshi

Hiro

Genki

Zanji

Atsuko Nogushi

    The Sharks of The Port 

The Sharks

  • Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: It's easy to see how Shark got his nickname thanks to his long pointy nose, sharp teeth and hat that has something resembling teeth.
    • Hammer's wide eyes and head bring to mind a hammerhead shark.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: Bulldog is the big guy and Cartoon is the little guy.
  • Face of a Thug: They look thuggish but they aren't as bad as they appear.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: Very unlikely those are their real names, but that's how everyone knows them.
  • The Pig-Pen: Salty, who considers madness having to take a bath twice in one day.
  • Starter Villain: Not really villains, but they are the very first team the Rifflers face in the story.
  • True Companions: With the Bleus, being their closest allies and always willing to lend them a hand.

    Riffler Institute 

Miss Adelaide

  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: If Miss Adelaide calls for breaking the rules and get back at someone, you know shit is about to go down.
  • Old Friend: Has known Eloïse's grandmother for a long time.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Whenever one of her students is in trouble, she's willing to listen and support them if she feels they aren't at fault.
  • Stern Teacher: She might be rather strict but she's not unreasonable.
  • Technologically Blind Elders: She doesn't understand computers very much and even asks Gabriel help with the internet.

Coach

  • Cool Teacher: Not as strict as Miss Adelaide and very willing to help the students when they need him
  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Everyone just calls him Coach, or by his nickname Chrono.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: He's very willing to listen to Tag and his friends and he's one of the first adults to fully support their Street Football activities.
  • Retired Badass: He was a soccer player in his youth until an injury cut his career short.

Tony Lopez

  • Demoted to Extra: After his exposure alongside Ben's, he sort of just becomes part of the background.
  • Dirty Coward: The reason Eloïse replaced him as the Blues goalkeeper was due to him fleeing their street football match against the Sharks in fear of being caught by the police.
  • Easily Forgiven: Despite helping Ben frame Tag for injuring another player, Tag was willing to let him off the hook. Since he no longer did anything to antagonize Tag or the Blues after this, Tag had a point.
  • Heel–Face Turn: In late Season 1. After Tag lets him of the hook for his part in Ben's scheme to frame him (as well as all their other schemes against him and the Blues throughout the season), Tony drops his grudge against the Blues, and even loans his old goalie gloves to Gabriel when the latter has to fill in for Eloise as goalkeeper on occasion.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Him losing his ball to Bulldog and Cartoon are what put Tag, Gabriel and the eventual Blues into contact with the world of street football, essentially setting up everything that came afterwards.

Mrs. Wong

  • Out of Focus: Unlike Chrono and Miss Adelaide, she doesn't play a particularly big role in the story. At least, until the fourth season...

    Citizens of Port Marie 

Mayor Roger Maroni

  • Dark Secret: That in his youth he stole cars.
  • The Heavy: For most of season 1, he's there to make things difficult for the protagonists. But after seeing how much the community has come to love street football at the end, even he comes to endorse it.
  • Mean Boss: Constantly belittling and bossing around Officer Pradet.
  • Sleazy Politician: He's the Mayor of Port Marie and his first and foremost priority is himself, and he's not afraid of using the city's resources for his personal benefit.

Officer Emiliano Pradet

  • Heel–Face Turn: At the end of season 1, he comes to accept and even enjoy street football, going so far as to question the Mayor's orders.
  • I Call It "Vera": Seems to be too overly fond of his patrol car.
  • Police Are Useless: Only when it comes to stopping street football, otherwise he's mostly competent.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: He really is just doing his job and following Maroni's orders, and even comes around and helps finish the first Street Football Cup.

Mr. Albert

  • Heel–Face Turn: Changes his mind about Street Football over the course of Season 1 and even becomes the President of the Rifflers Fan Club.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: He wasn't wrong at being angry with the kids playing football near his business, since they were being disturbing and could've caused damage.
  • Morality Pet: His dog Marcel, which actually helps him change his mind about football.
  • Those Two Guys: After his Heel–Face Turn, he and Mr. Saleem are usually seen together.

Mr. Saleem

  • Heel–Face Turn: Like Albert he changes his mind about street football over Season 1 and becomes one of their biggest supporters.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: Considering the kids' antics could have gotten him injured or worse, he was right about calling the police on them.
  • Those Two Guys: After his Heel–Face Turn, he and Mr. Albert are usually seen together.

Mrs. Vera

  • Fat Bitch: She's very heavyset and takes the longest to accept street football, only doing so during late Season 3.

Ben


  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappears after season 1, but later averted when he returns in season 3 to temporarily fill in for an injured Tag during the 2nd World Cup.
  • Easily Forgiven: Tag is surprisingly quick to forgive him for everything he had done after his attempted frame job against Tag fell apart and all his schemes were brought to light. To be fair, Tag did understand Ben's home circumstances and thought it was more important to have his support.
  • Frame-Up: He and Tony tried to frame Tag for injuring another player, but Gabriel exposed the truth.
  • Freudian Excuse: All but spelled out that a lot of his jerkish behavior is due to his dysfunctional home life.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar over his left eye and he's not trustworthy, at least until his...
  • Heel–Face Turn: He becomes much nicer after Tag decides to let him off the hook after his failed Frame Job against him and later invites him to briefly replace Gabriel during the match against Australia, to the point that he later returns again during the 2nd world cup to fill in for the TekNo twins and Tag after the former two are called back to the Olympic team temporarily, and the latter is injured by one of Victoria's schemes.
  • Token Evil Teammate: Of the five team captains of Port Marie, he's the only one who downright refused to consider allowing the Blues to join them.

Victoria Mallotra


  • Blackmail: This is how she gets into the Dolphins of Oceania.
  • Crippling the Competition: Her go to strategy during most of the tournament and the World Cup.
  • Daddy's Girl: Her mother isn't mentioned and she's very close to her father, whom she often ropes into supporting her schemes.
  • Friendless Background: Unlike the sociable Eloïse, she always had difficulties interacting with other people, seeing Eloïse as her Only Friend.
  • The Heavy: Serves as the main obstacle of the Blues during Seasons 2 and 3.
  • Heel–Face Turn: In late season 3, she starts to question her attitude and motivations after Nicolas Anelka advises her that she'll always remain completely alone and disliked if she doesn't change her ways. She then changes full-circle in the season's penultimate episode after meeting Tag's long-lost father, and after learning of his life and struggles against the former dictatorship of his home country of Argentina, realizing that her actions against the Blues are no different than said dictatorship's actions against their citizens for simply standing up for themselves and their rights. Feeling remorseful for every horrible thing she's done for the first time, and now realizing that courage, integrity, and loyalty are more important than winning, she exposes the Dolphins as phonies (they are actually the older siblings of the real team, who stole their spot in the World Cup to have a better chance at winning), getting them disqualified, withdraws from further participation in the World Cup, helps Tag reconnect with his father and apologizes to the Blues for everything, including Eloïse, whom she finally reconciles and reconnects with in the process. She then continues her redemption by making amends with Lil' Dragon (whom she had antagonized during one of her schemes) off-screen and training him and his friends in street football. Then, in the season finale, when the Blues are suddenly hit with a roster crisis just before the World Cup final with Tag and Tek departing (the former to be with his father who is called back to Argentina, and the latter after being recruited to London's pro-football club) and Gabriel being sidelined with a leg injury, she, with some difficulty, convinces them to take Lil' Dragon and his friends on as replacements, essentially helping bring forward the next generation of Blues. She is last seen recording the final match with Gabriel watching both the old and new Blues playing together.
  • Loophole Abuse: Abuses this to hell and back during the debut match of the Black Devils against the Blues, taking advantage of unwritten rules of street football to get an edge, like allowing to substitute players and switching positions when it's needed.
  • The Resenter: She grew to resent Eloïse for transferring out and leaving her alone during elementary school after promising her she would never leave her. This resentment only grows when she attempts to join the Blues to try and reconnect with Eloïse, but is turned down by Tag due to her reckless and selfish playing style, and Eloise doesn't stick up for her.
  • Revenge Before Reason: Constantly lets her desire to get back at Eloïse, and the Blues by extension cloud her judgement, which often makes her sloppy and exposes her schemes, especially after they start to come apart; in long terms, when she is initially successful in her schemes, she often becomes overconfident and lets her guard down, which allows the Blues to eventually catch onto and pick apart her schemes, and when her schemes start to go wrong, she becomes desperate and takes drastic measures to get them back on track, only digging herself an even deeper hole in the process.
  • Scary Black Woman: Has a darker skin tone than Eloïse and Samira, and can be pretty intimidating if she wants to.
  • Token Minority: She's French on a team from Oceania.
  • Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Has yellow eyes and she likes to use underhanded tactics to get what she wants.

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