Cauan "cauanzin"
Pereira has announced his departure from
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
lukxo
Lucca Travaioli
DaviH
David Cruz
Darker
Sebastián Castro Cicuamia
erde
Roberto Lobos
tkzin
Enzo Zimiani
loan
, the team he has represented since 2022.
"As you all already know, I'm no longer with LOUD," cauanzin said, and also shared a look at what he has ahead. "After some time off, I've decided to put together a project with people I trust, with Tier 1 experience, plenty of room for growth and, most importantly, the drive to build a strong and competitive team."
cauanzin said that his project is looking for an organization this offseason. The announcement was the first mention of cauanzin's departure from LOUD. He has been on the bench since the midseason break, replaced in LOUD's starting lineup by
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #2
mwzera
Leonardo Serrati
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
Dantedeu5
Jesús Federico Larrosa
heat
Olavo Marcelo
loanee
tkzin
. Since the change, LOUD has had good results, doing well enough in the Stage 2 group stage to advance directly to the playoffs, where they stayed hot and eventually finished second, qualifying for Champions Shanghai.
Since joining in the offseason ahead of the 2023 season from
Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas
Inactive
as part of LOUD's post-Champions Istanbul roster reload, cauanzin has seen the highs and lows of LOUD Valorant. His first year with the team was a year of "almost"s, with a runner-up finish at LOCK//IN São Paulo and a third-place finish at Champions Los Angeles overshadowing the team's Americas League title. The 2024 season started with LOUD finishing second in Americas Kickoff to reach Masters Madrid, where the team proved it was still one of the world's best with a fourth-place finish. The rest of the year, however, was disappointing. LOUD picked up just four wins across two group stage phases in regional play, resulting in no Masters and no Champions event that year. Those struggles carried over into 2025, where a completely different-looking LOUD picked up just two wins across both league phases to finish 11th-12th in the region.
cauanzin, a lifelong Initiator player, looks set to enter the 2027 season with a smaller project, which may be a sign of the near future, with VCT's next partnership likely to trim the number of Brazilian orgs as the number of partner orgs decreases. Last week, former KRÜ player silentzz announced a similar project, looking for representation.
With cauanzin departing, LOUD's full roster, which it will field at Champions Shanghai, is now:
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