HEROIC have announced the signing of Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez to their Counter-Strike roster, confirming HLTV's Monday report of the move.
The 25-year-old Spaniard joins the team from Gentle Mates, who have been looking to exit Counter-Strike amid attempts to find buyers for the entire roster in the off-season.
The star AWPer replaces Simon "yxngstxr" Boije, who decided to step down from the roster after spending the past six months filling in as a makeshift sniper in the aftermath of Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay being sidelined by visa issues.
MartinezSa's HEROIC tenure will mark his first time playing in an English-speaking roster. Before this, he only played in Spanish-speaking teams as part of the likes of Movistar Riders, 9z and Gentle Mates.
Following his addition, HEROIC are still one man short after also benching Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç amid unconfirmed rumors that the Turk would be traded for FUT's Laurențiu "lauNX" Țârlea.
HEROIC's lineup now is:
Linus "nilo" Bergman Tim "susp" Ångström Christoffer "Chr1zN" Storgaard Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez
Joonas "doto" Forss (coach)
Simon "yxngstxr" Boije (benched) Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç (benched) Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay (benched)
Movistar Riders
HEROIC
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
FUT
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
András 'coolio' Fercsák
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Gentle Mates
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano
Pere 'sausol' Solsona Saumell
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo
Angel 'repk3ys' Gracia Navarro
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
HEROIC
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Joonas 'doto' Forss
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije