Carlos "Carlao" Mohn and FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #5 mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt have parted ways, the team announced. Carlao's exit puts an end to a nearly three year-long stint, as the coach donned FURIA's colors since the team's inception.
Carlao was brought on to FURIA in January 2021, when the team signed Alexandre "xand" Zizi and Gabriel "Quick" Lima. During the next two years, he sat at the helm of FURIA's VCT Brazil ventures, where the team constantly fell short of Masters events. FURIA still attended Champions in both 2021 and 2022, but never managed to piece together a win at the capstone event.
With their VCT Americas partnership slot secured, FURIA kept Carlao and the coach brought on Vitor "kon4n" Hugo and Leonardo "mwzera" Serrati. It quickly resulted in their first international win, a 2-0 over T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) at LOCK//IN, but FURIA folded quickly after to eventual champions FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder .
In the VCT Americas, FURIA fought well enough to secure a fifth place and reach the playoffs through the tiebreakers with a 4-5 record. Their only win since was over LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee , in the opening round. The team lost their next two matches to LOUD and NRG, respectively, and failed to qualify to Masters Tokyo. In the Americas LCQ, KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro dropped FURIA 2-1 in the upper quarterfinal, ending the team's 2023 run.
Carlao's replacement has not been announced at the time of writing. The coach has stated he is looking for offers.
Stripped of a coach, FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #5 mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt 's lineup is: