{"id":36462,"date":"2026-04-22T14:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36462"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:26:23","slug":"vitality-announced-its-academy-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/vitality-announced-its-academy-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitality Announced its Academy Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vitality confirmed that it decided to <strong>add a new team<\/strong> called Vitality Academy. The organization decided to sign in Project H\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vitality Academy &#8211; Everything You Need to Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">ON A ENFIN UNE ACADEMY SUR CS<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katkamee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Katkamee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_lucaZ_cs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_lucaZ_cs<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dafra1D?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Dafra1D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrenzocs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@patrenzocs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alekscs2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@alekscs2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VdaK1NG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@VdaK1NG<\/a>  (coach) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJphgWFux2\">https:\/\/t.co\/nJphgWFux2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5x4uUJRaH4\">pic.twitter.com\/5x4uUJRaH4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Team Vitality \ud83d\udc1d (@TeamVitality) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamVitality\/status\/2046894262147547136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Vitality\u2019s co-founder, investing in a Counter-Strike academy means that the <strong>organization is investing in its future<\/strong>. This is exactly what the squad is doing because the new roster is led by the <strong>16-year-old French<\/strong> superstar Thiebault \u201cKatkame\u201d Ulysse. An interesting fact is that <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/vitality-won-iem-rio-2026-zywoo-claimed-another-mvp-title\/\">Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut<\/a> himself chose the young sniper in 2025, as he believed the player was doing really well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pablo \u201cVdaK1NG\u201d Escobar will be the name behind the team. He joined the organization in September, and according to him, \u201cthe original plan did not include him in the head coach position\u201d. However, <strong>it seems like the team is doing really well<\/strong> and he will continue to be in this position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another interesting name that we will see in action is Luca-Adrian \u201clucaZ\u201d Gavrilut. He is the most <strong>experienced team member<\/strong> and was a part of NAVI\u2019s academy. Alongside him, Vitality\u2019s fans will also see<strong> Kirill \u201cDafra1D\u201d Polieko, Aleks \u201cReqqen\u201d Frolov, and Patrick \u201cpatrenzo\u201d Hauer<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While being under the Project H banner, the team already secured a slot for the ESEA Season 56 finals. We are<strong> definitely going to keep a close eye <\/strong>on the new team and see whether it will be capable of repeating the main team\u2019s success. There is no arguing that each team member is promising.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of the ESEA Season 56 Finals, we will have <strong>20 CS2 teams from Europe and 15 squads from North America<\/strong>. We expect to see <strong>some epic games<\/strong> and this will be Vitality Academy\u2019s first big challenge, so fans will be eager to see the squad in action. Don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/\">follow us<\/a> for more details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the team\u2019s current roster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thiebault \u201cKatkame\u201d Ulysse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luca-Adrian \u201clucaZ\u201d Gavrilut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aleks \u201cReqqen\u201d Frolov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirill \u201cDafra1D\u201d Polieko (In-Game Leader)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick \u201cpatrenzo\u201d Hauer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitality confirmed that it decided to add a new team called Vitality Academy. The organization decided to sign in Project H\u2019s roster. Vitality Academy &#8211; Everything You Need to Know According to Vitality\u2019s co-founder, investing in a Counter-Strike academy means that the organization is investing in its future. This is exactly what the squad is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":36463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-36462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36465,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36462\/revisions\/36465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}