FOKUS have announced the addition of former ENCE AWPer Paavo "podi" Heiskanen to their Counter-Strike roster.
The Finn joins to fill the gap left after FOKUS' previous sniper, 17-year-old Georgi "Jorko" Mitev, replaced Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak on Liquid.
However, the team is still one man short following the departure of Erik "ztr" Gustafsson, who asked to explore his options late last month as his loan from GamerLegion was coming to an end.
podi had been benched on ENCE since May, when the Finnish organization decided to pull the plug on its international project and promoted its academy roster to the main team.
Instead of returning to the core of the team from which he had been promoted himself in 2024, the 21-year-old asked to explore opportunities on the tier-one scene.
FOKUS' roster now is:
Mateo "Matheos" Prišlin Sebastian "volt" Maloș Matias "Banjo" Kivistö Paavo "podi" Heiskanen
Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński (coach)
Matias 'Banjo' Kivistö
Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński
Liquid
Georgi 'Jorko' Mitev
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea
Roland 'ultimate' Tomkowiak
FOKUS
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Matias 'Banjo' Kivistö
Mateo 'Matheos' Prišlin
Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Paavo 'podi' Heiskanen
GamerLegion
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
Adrian 'imd' Pieper
Georgi 'Jorko' Mitev
Mateo 'Matheos' Prišlin
ENCE
Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Aleksi 'millert' Lehtopuu
Teemu 'teme' Korva
Niki 'Cliqq' Kinnunen
Giorgi 'Schwarz' Gakhokidze
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli