Counter Strike 2: HEROIC academy's rifler fnl to join the NEXUS main team on-trial..

Norwegian e-sports powerhouse HEROIC announced on Friday via its official X (Twitter) account that its academy team's rifler fnl will join Romanian team NEXUS's main team for a trial.

According to HEROIC's official statement, when the club learned that NEXUS had approached them about partnering with fnl, they immediately agreed to the deal.

fnl has been approved to join the NEXUS main team on a trial basis starting next week for the DraculaN Open Qualifiers and the Betclic Clash Summer Open Qualifiers.

NEXUS also confirmed that fnl will play the team's fifth player position, replacing ragga, who left the team last month.

Notably, fnl is no stranger to the NEXUS system, having begun his professional career with the team's academy team.

About fnl

Born in Romania on October 24, 2005, fnl, who is only 19, became a professional Counter Strike e-sports player in 2022, playing as a rifler.

fnl joined the NEXUS Academy team in 2022, having also played for the now-defunct British team ROYALS.

In January of the following year, fnl joined AllStars Gaming. During his time there, he achieved top-six finishes in several C-tier tournaments.

In October 2023, fnl moved to the NAVI Academy team.

In May of the following year, fnl joined the Monte Academy team.

During his time there, he won Galaxy Battle Series 3 and Exort Series 5 with the team, as well as reaching the semifinals of CCT Season 2 European Series 9.

In April 2025, fnl joined the HEROIC Academy team.

During his time there, he participated in the Gamebox Masters with the team, but lost to Tricked 0-2 in the finals, finishing second.