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Team Vitality Valorant News
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Team Vitality Valorant Bio
Team Vitality is a European esports organization based in France and founded by Nicolas Maurer and Fabien “Neo” Divide in 2013. The organization currently has squads in multiple games like CS: GO, Fortnite, League of Legends, COD Mobile, Rocket League, Valorant and more games.
History
Team Vitality is one of the strongest teams from the EMEA region and is also a part of Riot’s partnership teams. The organization got into competitive Valorant in February, 2021. However, the team is yet to win a major trophy and represent the region on the international stage.
Timeline
2022
January 3rd - ZE1SH extended his contract by two years.
March 25th - Team Vitality benched ShadoW.
April 6th - Team Vitality benched pm and signed Tanizhq as the new head coach. ZE1SH left.
April 23rd - Team Vitality released kAdavra, bramz, ShadoW, vakk and pm.
May 7th - Team Vitality announced their new roster. BONECOLD, nataNk, baddyG, H1ber and RushManga join. Gorilla joined as analyst and Mulgan95 joined as manager.
May 11th - RushManga's contract is terminated after an investigation with Riot Games. YoZeii joins as the new substitute.
June 10th - Following an incident on Twitter, Team Vitality announces that Tanizhq will be benched. Gorilla became the Head Coach temporarily.
June 17th - Team Vitality announced that Tanizhq will return as head coach following the investigation by Riot Games and F4U and the decision to issue a warning to Tanizhq. Gorilla returns as an analyst.
August 14th - YoZeii announces that he would be taking a step back from the main roster and looking for new offers.
September 20th - Team Vitality released Tanizhq.
September 21st - nataNk announced that he would be taking a step back from the active roster and looking for new offers.
September 22nd - H1ber announced that he would be taking a step back from the active roster and looking for new offers.
2021
February 4th - Team Vitality entered Valorant by signing FrenzyGoKill consisting of bramz, ceNder, feqew, M4CHINA and vakk. Additionally, fragon joins as a coach.
March 21st - Team Vitality benched M4CHINA and feqew.
March 28th - Team Vitality signed JESMUND and LoWkii to complete their roster.
April 4th - Milan joined the trial as an analyst.
April 24th - Milan's trial ended and he left the team.
May 7th - Team Vitality released fragon and welcomed pm as the new coach.
May 7th - feqew and M4CHINA are released from their contracts.
July 22nd - Team Vitality benched JESMUND and acquired shalaby from Anubis Gaming to stand-in during VCT 2021 Europe Stage 3 Challengers 2.
July 30th - Team Vitality signed Srab as a manager.
August 5th - Team Vitality released LoWkii and shalaby.
September 10th - Team Vitality signed ZE1SH as the assistant coach.
October 18th - JESMUND was acquired by KOVA.
October 26th - Srab left.
November 26th - Team Vitality signed kAdavra and ShadoW.
Roster Details
| Active Roster | |||
| IGN | Name | Role | Join Date |
| ceNder | Jokūbas Labutis | Sentinel | 2021-02-04 |
| BONECOLD | Santeri Sassi | IGL, Initiator | 2022-05-07 |
| baddyG | Kamil Graniczka | Controller | 2022-05-07 |
Inactive Players
| Active Roster | |||
| IGN | Name | Join Date | Inactive Date |
| H1ber | Joona Parviainen | 2022-05-07 | 2022-09-22 |
| nataNk | Nathan Bocqueho | 2022-05-07 | 2022-09-21 |
| YoZeii | Kamil Graniczka | 2022-05-11 | 2022-08-14 |
Former Players
| Former Players | ||||
| IGN | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
| JESMUND | Jesse Terävä | 2021-03-28 | 2021-10-18 | KOVA |
| LoWkii | Théo Téchené | 2021-03-28 | 2021-08-05 | Who cars? |
| shalaby | Mohamed Shalaby | 2021-07-22 | 2021-08-05 | Anubis Gaming |
| M4CHINA | Ouali Manset | 2021-02-04 | 2021-05-07 | Tundra Esports |
| feqew | Lukas Petrauskas | 2021-02-04 | 2021-05-07 | LDN UTD |
| RushManga | 2022-05-07 | 2022-05-11 | ||
| bramz | Bayram Ben Redjeb | 2021-02-04 | 2022-04-23 | Team BDS |
| vakk | Vakaris Bebravičius | 2021-02-04 | 2022-04-23 | Acend |
| kAdavra | Thomas Johner | 2021-11-26 | 2022-04-23 | Team BDS |
| ShadoW | Tobias Flodström | 2021-11-26 | 2022-04-23 | Giants |
Management Details
| Management | |||
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date |
| Nicolas Maurer | Co-Chief Executive Officer/Founder | 2013-08-05 | |
| gdemonplanet | Guillaume de Monplanet | Co-Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director | 2021-03-11 |
| Neo | Fabien Devide | Chairman/Founder | 2013-08-05 |
| Pauline Guillonnet | COO | 2018-08 | |
| elChikito | Florent Gutierrez | CMO | 2019-05-14 |
| Sonia Manueco | CFO | 2019-05-14 | |
| Gabor Fenyvesi | CGO | 2018-02 | |
| Mulgan95 | Robert Mulgan | Manager | 2022-05-07 |
| Gorilla | Harry Mepham | Analyst | 2022-05-07 |
Former Management
| Former Management | |||||
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
| Tanizhq | Tanishq Sabharwal | Head Coach | 2022-05-07 | 2022-09-20 | |
| pm | Arthur Guillermet | Head Coach | 2021-05-07 | 2022-04-23 | Karmine Corp (Head Coach) |
| ZE1SH | Ahmed El Sheikh | Assistant Coach | 2021-09-10 | 2022-04-06 | Karmine Corp (Assistant Coach) |
| fragon | Andrey Katz | Coach | 2021-02-04 | 2021-05-07 | |
| Milan | Milan de Meij | Analyst | 2021-04-04 | 2022-04-24 | M4LIK (Coach/Manager) |
| Srab | Robin Borget | Manager | 2021-07-30 | 2021-10-26 | |
Achievements
| Date | Placement | Tier | Event Name | Result | Prize |
| 2022-08-05 | 2nd | A-Tier | VRL 2022: Finals | Lost 2:3 against FUT Esports | $36,046 |
| 2021-04-17 | 3rd-4th | A-Tier | VCT 2021: Europe Stage 2 Challengers 2 | Lost 0:2 against Fnatic | $5,985 |
Upcoming Events and Fixtures
| Date | Event Name | Opponent |
| TBD | VCT 2023: Kickoff Tournament | TBD |
