Falcons Rifler NiKo officially selected as HLTV and Thunderpick's Counter Strike 2 Community Player of the Month in February..

HLTV and Thunderpick announced on their official Twitter account on Friday that NiKo, the Bosnian ace Rifler of Saudi Arabian powerhouse Falcons, was selected as the Counter Strike 2 (CS2) Community Player of the Month in February.

According to HLTV's official statement, although Falcons lost to German powerhouse MOUZ in the PGL Cluj-Napoca finals that just ended not long ago, NiKo still won the MVP with his outstanding performances, thus he deserved to be selected as the Community Player of the Month for February.

After the news of his selection was announced, NiKo wrote through his personal official Twitter account: "Stealing MVP first and now this, I like it. Keep it up, boys!"

About NiKo

NiKo, 27, was born on February 16, 1997 in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has been active in the Counter Strike competitive e-sports circle since 2009.

NiKo was the ace of Serbian team iNation and joined FazeClan in February 2017.

In October 2020, NiKo moved to G2.

During his time with FazeClan and G2, NiKo won multiple S-tier tournaments with his outstanding performances, and was even selected as the HLTV Tournament MVP 8 times and the HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year 5 times.

In early January 2025, NiKo replaced the benched Danish player Snappi and became Falcons' new Rifler.

In this PGL Cluj-Napoca, after losing to paiN in the second game, NiKo and his teammates made it to the finals, once again showing his strength as an ace Rifler, but unfortunately they lost to MOUZ 1-3 and missed his first championship after joining Falcons.