HAVU Gaming announces the return of zehN and doto and the arrival of a new player
4152The Finnish esports organization has announced changes to its CS:GO roster. Jesse 'zehN' Linjala and Joonas 'doto' Forss are returning to the roster, Jarkko 'spargo' Rahja has also joined the team. The team's coach will be an experienced player Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa.
The last team for zehN was FunPlus Phoenix, but the player has been inactive since November 2021. Together with FPX, his biggest achievement was winning the Snow Sweet Snow #1 for $40,000. The esportsman has previously played for HAVU from May 2018 to January 2019.
Doto played for ENCE until January 2022. The best result was 5th-8th place at ESL Pro League Season 14 and $28,750 in prize money. The player also played for HAVU Gaming in 2019-2020.
The youngest player in the squad is spargo. The player's professional career began in 2018. Spargo has been a member of KOVA Esports, hREDS, Helsinki REDS and Team Viral.
The current HAVU Gaming roster is shown below:
- xseveN
- Aerial
- zehN
- doto
- spargo
- xartE (coach)
The first test for the team's newcomers will be the local Assembly Summer 2022 tournament, where 8 teams will compete for €15,000.
Maksym has been working at EGamersWorld since 2017. Joining the company during his first year at university, he worked as a translator until 2022. After that, Maksym began working as an editor. His main discipline is Dota 2, and over time, Maksym's responsibilities expanded to include CS:GO, CS2 and Valorant. Additionally, as an editor, he publishes various materials on gaming topics.
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