1win has officially announced the signing of Ex-Natus Vincere IGL Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov and Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov, confirming earlier reports.
Few days ago, the Russian organization signed Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy, as insiders had predicted.
The three new members replace Egor “flamie” Vasilyev (left 1win on February 10), Aleksandr “glowiing” Matsiyevich (left 1win on February 13) and ex-IGL Ihor “lollipop21k” SoÅodkov (left the squad in December last year). Aleksandr “TRAVIS” Timkiv and Denis “deko” Zhukov will remain with the organization.
According to the 1win statement, NickelBack will be the new in-game leader of the roster.
In addition, Dmitriy “hooch” Bogdanov has joined 1 win coaching staff.
The organization hasn’t specified whether coach Vadim “MSE” Zimin is leaving or will work with hooch.
NickelBack, Forester and hooch came to 1win after came after working together in Entropiq. Boombl4 has yet to achieve anything in the CS:GO competitive scene, since leaving Natus Vincere and joining 1WIN would be the first real attempt from the Major winner to return to the top. He joined Bebra in September 2022 but the team almost immediately dropped out of the local CS:GO tournament in Moscow after the group stage.
1win CS:GO’s squad is now:
- Aleksandr “TRAVIS” Timkiv
- Denis “deko” Zhukov
- Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy
- Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov
- Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov (IGL)
