MOUZ has announced the signing of two new players for its MOUZ NXT academy, 17-year-olds Sacha "eSx" Dupin and Mikołaj "mixer" Zhu, bringing the youth squad back to full force.
The youth team had been down to just three players after Yeray "Joey" Serrano Pérez was benched in March and then moved to Sangal in June, and Adrian "xelex" Vincze was promoted to the main squad in April.
eSx, from France, is a former 3DMAX Academy player and has four maps to his name on HLTV from 2025, when he played the Galaxy Battle Phase 4 Closed Qualifier.
mixer, who is Chinese and Polish, has only two maps to his name on HLTV from a series he played with Betclic during Galaxy Battle Phase 5, also in late 2025.
MOUZ NXT have not played since May, when Artem "Flierax" Khioara and Ivan "AiyvaN" Semenets — a scout and analyst for the team — stood in following the departures of Joey and xelex to finish out the season.
"It's never easy to find someone with that kind of potential," AiyvaN posted on X, "but these two look like they’re here to rock. Super confident in both of them and excited to watch them play soon in officials."
MOUZ NXT is one of the most productive academy systems in Counter-Strike, with players like Dorian "xertioN" Berman, Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo, Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás, Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek, and Oldřich "PR" Nový, among its graduates.
MOUZ NXT is now:
Tiago "opdust" Simão Maksims "ay0k" Beloglazovs Nikolai "Nikodeon" Sørensen Sacha "eSx" Dupin Mikołaj "mixer" Zhu
Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov (coach)
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Tiago 'opdust' Simão
Ivan 'AiyvaN' Semenets
Yeray 'Joey' Serrano Pérez
Maksims 'ay0k' Beloglazovs
Nikolai 'Nikodeon' Sørensen
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze
Betclic
Patryk 'Demho' Tomaszewski
Wojciech 'Prism' Zięba
Jędrzej 'Bogdan' Rokita
Sacha 'eSx' Dupin
Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov
3DMAX Academy
Boris 'flex0r' Latry
MOUZ
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze
Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen
Sangal
Yeray 'Joey' Serrano Pérez
Adam 'adamS' Marian
Bartosz 'bnox' Niebisz
Luka 'puuha' Eklund
Selman 'R4DYX' Ozan
Jimmy 'Jumpy' Berndtsson
MOUZ NXT
Tiago 'opdust' Simão
Maksims 'ay0k' Beloglazovs
Nikolai 'Nikodeon' Sørensen
Sacha 'eSx' Dupin
Mikołaj 'mixer' Zhu
Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Mikołaj 'mixer' Zhu
Artem 'Flierax' Khioara