After a year of competing with KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo as its in-game leader, Matias "saadhak" Delipetro has announced that the team has allowed him to explore his options while still under contract with the organization.

saadhak, according to VCT's Global Contract Database, has a deal with KRÜ that runs through the 2027 season.

saadhak celebrating a 2-1 win over Sentinels in Stage 2. saadhak celebrating a 2-1 win over Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #11 Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Jerrwin Gurjiwan Gill Marved Jimmy Nguyen stand-in johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice in Stage 2. (Photo by Heaven Wolf/Riot Games)

In its efforts to rebound from its first-ever Champions no-show, KRÜ underwent a wide-scale rebuild last offseason. Bringing together two key pieces from the Champions Istanbul-winning LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 lukxo Lucca Travaioli DaviH David Cruz Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia erde Roberto Lobos tkzin Enzo Zimiani loan cauanzin Cauan Pereira team, the org reunited saadhak, who had just spent one season as an import in EMEA with Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan LewN Burak Alkan Avez Hazem Khaled SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin N4RRATE Marshall Massey , with Less , who also wrapped up a year as an import in EMEA with Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #4 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu . Around the pair, a mix of experienced and up-and-coming LATAM players was assembled, with mwzera , silentzz , and the returning Dantedeu5 .

saadhak's new beginning with KRÜ was delayed, with the entire team remaining at home due to visa issues until Stage 1. Once the team was on stage in its full form, it looked like one of the strongest in Americas. Wins over Kickoff winners FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #7 basic Luis Henrique Ferlin Tessaro Shyy Fabian Usnayo C0M Corbin Lee artzin Arthur Araujo koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio and defending world champions NRG NRG North America Rank #2 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold capped off a 4-1 group stage finish, but the team bowed out just two games into the playoffs. The team made changes in the midseason break, picking up heat for silentzz, but failed to return to its Stage 1 form, finishing the group stage 1-4 before being eliminated in the Play-Ins to finish the year 9th-10th in the region.

Arguably the most recognizable figure in Argentinian Valorant, saadhak has been a central figure in LATAM Valorant. He first put himself on the map with Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva , with whom he had reached Masters Reykjavik and Champions Berlin in 2021. After a three-year run with LOUD, which included one Champions trophy, one VCT Americas title, and four top-four appearances on the international stage, saadhak departed LOUD by mutual termination following the 2024 season. Following that came the aforementioned one-year stint with KC, which saw just one international appearance.

As a trilingual IGL who can play a multitude of Initiator and Controller roles, while also enjoying a brief Neon stint in 2024, saadhak should expect to have a long list of suitors this offseason.

KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo 's full roster is now: