PCIFIC Esports PCIFIC Esports Europe Rank #310 al0rante Felix Brandl cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qpert Mateja Mijovic NINJA Patryk Koczyba seven Johann Hernandez has announced the departure of head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar. The first-year head coach leaves by way of mutual agreement just over three months after joining the Turkish squad, and one month after taking a leave of absence due to personal reasons.

"Grateful for the experience and the people I had the chance to work with," Leader said. "Wishing the team nothing but success moving forward."

Leader has been well-traveled in professional Valorant since making his coaching debut in 2022 with İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #60 in the Turkish Challengers scene, also leading Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #359 lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı in 2023 before taking up the G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #88 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup head coaching spot. He helped the Game Changers powerhouse to a third-place finish at GCC Berlin in 2024 following trophy-lifting runs in Stage 2 and Stage 3. In the second half of 2025, he was tasked with leading a rebuilding LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #8 lukxo Lucca Travaioli Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno erde Roberto Lobos cauanzin Cauan Pereira team in Americas Stage 2, which ended with a 1-4 record.

Since beginning with a clean slate following BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #3 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan 's acquisition of the EMEA Ascension-winning BBL PCIFIC BBL PCIFIC Inactive squad, PCIFIC has tried its hand at a multi-national squad, with Turkish veteran cNed , European Challengers standouts qpert , NINJA , and al0rante , and former TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer player seven . The squad finished EMEA Kickoff with an 0-3 record, claiming two maps across losses to BBL, GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #6 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George , and fellow Ascension squad ULF Esports ULF Esports Inactive audaz Soner Ekiz nekky Anıl Dağdeviren Favian Enes Yiğiter .

Assistant coach thinkii took over head coaching duties before the team's final match at Kickoff, but there has been no indication whether he would continue as the team's head coach for EMEA Stage 1.

PCIFIC Esports PCIFIC Esports Europe Rank #310 al0rante Felix Brandl cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qpert Mateja Mijovic NINJA Patryk Koczyba seven Johann Hernandez 's full roster is now:

  • Mateja "qpert" Mijovic
  • Felix "al0rante" Brandl
  • Mehmet "cNed" Yağız İpek
  • Patryk "NINJA" Koczyba
  • Johann "seven" Hernandez
  • Manuel "thinkii" Martínez (Head coach)
  • Koray "Koyo" Arpat (Assistant coach)