Natus Vincere has announced a restructuring of its youth development program, with the new NAVI Junior squad set to consist of “the best young talents” from both the Junior and Youth teams.
s1mple’s Pick for Future Star froz1k Promoted from Youth to Junior
dem0n and Krabeni are the only two players remaining on the NAVI Junior roster, while three others have been promoted from NAVI Youth. Among them is the 15-year-old prodigy froz1k, who was tipped as a future star by 2023 HLTV Player of the Year Top 7, Oleksandr Kostyliev | s1mple. The other two players, cmtry and dziugss, joined NAVI Youth last year.
NAVI emphasized that this move doesn’t signal the end of the NAVI Youth team, as they are currently searching for a new coach following coolio’s promotion to Head Coach for NAVI Junior.
Current NAVI Junior Roster:
Dmytro Myroshnychenko | dem0n
Aulon Fazlija | Krabeni
Adam Nahornyi | froz1k
Nikita Samolyotov | cmtry
Džiugas Steponavičius | dziugss
András Fercsák | coolio (Head Coach)
Drin Shaqiri | makazze (Backup)