Smooya Becomes a Free Agent

Smooya Becomes a Free Agent

Smooya Becomes a Free Agent

Owen "smooya" Butterfield, who earlier last month was benched by Fnatic, has entered the free agency. Now the player is returning to his home country, United Kingdom. His plans for future remain unknown.

Smooya is a 22-years-old AWPer who joined Fnatic last October on a trial basis. When the team competed online, they showed great results and managed to win DreamHack Open November 2021 and REPUBLEAGUE Season 2. However, they were not able to repeat such results at the later LAN-events, finishing 7-8th at IEM XVI Winter and 9-12th at IEM XVI – Katowice.

Following these results, last month Fnatic decided to bench smooya in favour of their academy player Iulian "regali" Harjău. The player himself said that he experienced mental issues after leaving his home and it eventually costed him the place in Fnatic.