On Thursday, Jonathan "TakaS"
Paupard announced that his time with
Gentle Mates
Gentle Mates
Europe
Rank #35
K4DAVRA
Thomas Johner
RobbieBk
Robbie Boerkamp
Minny
Patrik Hušek
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
Click
Haydem Ali
appears to be coming to an end, as the team is open to letting him walk.
TaKaS's contract with Gentle Mates runs through the 2025 season, but he says the team has “allowed me to explore my options for 2025.”
The Frenchman started his Valorant career in 2020 and has played for several teams based in France, including
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #169
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
and
Team BDS
Team BDS
Inactive
bramz
Bayram Ben Redjeb
. He joined Gentle Mates in January of 2023 and played a crucial role in the organization's run at a title-clinching Challengers League France run and eventually EMEA Ascension as the team's duelist.
While he almost exclusively played Jett in 2023, his role would change slightly as the team entered VCT in 2024. Still on the duelist role, he would play different agents such as Yoru, Neon and Raze while the team also experimented with him on Gekko and Omen.
After losing two games to start EMEA Kickoff and then missing out on the EMEA Stage 1 playoffs by one game, they finished Stage 2 ranked tenth, just one spot above last-placed
KOI
KOI
Europe
Rank #30
grubinho
Grzegorz Ryczko
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
on head-to-head record.
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