Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 PatrickWho Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista has announced the signings of Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov, Kelly "kellyS" Sedillo, UdoTan , Federico "Papi" Evangelista, and Mark "PatrickWho" Musni to their roster. They have also already signed Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon as their head coach. In the announcement, they also teased the potential signings of a sixth man and an assistant coach.
Kr1stal joins after being crowned champions of Ascension China with Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #4 Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) MrCANI Chen Tingxun (陈廷训) MarT1n Zhuo Zhengjie (卓政杰) YOU Yip Man Ho . Kr1stal, who is of Russian nationality, parted ways with XLG days after the event due to the team only being allowed one import player in VCT. He joins Global Esports after being Xi Lai's in-game leader, and is expected to continue in that role. He mainly plays the Initiator role, with Sova being his most played agent throughout his Ascension campaign.
kellyS joins after spending around a full season with Filipino side Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #8 marky Mark Anthony Tuling . He was their in-game leader last season, meaning Global could turn to him or Kr1stal to guide the team in that regard. He also mainly played the Initiator role in 2024, but has also played Raze often. Before joining Oasis, he was well-known for his time on Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) .
Papi was NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #5 xavi8k Xavier Juan JA John Timothy Arone Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero 's controller player this past season, and had been with the Phillipines-based team since 2022. His 2024 season came to an end at Pacific Ascension, where NAOS fell to eventual fourth-placed RIDDLE ORDER RIDDLE ORDER Japan Rank #1 JoXJo Cho Byung-yeon (조병연) Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Seoldam Park Sang-min (박상민) yatsuka .
UdoTan joins after spending the 2024 season with Chinese Challengers side Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #9 Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) . He played mainly as the team's Initiator, but also took on the Duelist role on occasion. In the three-map Ascension China grand final, he was opposite of the stage to his now-teammate Kr1stal. Before Rare Atom, he played for Four Angry Men Four Angry Men Inactive suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) XuAN Zhang Luxuan (张陆轩) WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) , Gwangju Shadow Gwangju Shadow Inactive Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) Distinct Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) , Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No , and GoNGo Prince GoNGo Prince Inactive Gunny Song Keon (송건) Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) Eliza Kang Hee-won (강희원) Lawrence Yoon Hyun (윤현) . He made his debut in 2020.
PatrickWho joins as one of the lesser-known names on the roster. He made his professional Valorant debut in 2024 and played on two different Filipino VCL teams before landing on Carti World Carti World Asia-Pacific Rank #37 gabo Chanyboi Kristian Manlapaz Uyen Ralph Ayap Ichisolo Cullen Cuevas astr0 Franz del Rosario . He joined Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #19 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa Georggyyy George Audrey Lachica choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te in the offseason, but joins Global Esports after a buyout was agreed.
Global Esports' rebuild comes after a disappointing 2024 season which saw them finish 9th at the end of Pacific Stage 2 and fail to qualify for any playoff stages. They won just four games in the entire season, and parted ways with their entire roster at the start of the offseason.
Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 PatrickWho Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista 's roster is now: