JTR Becomes New FOKUS Head Coach

FOKUS has announced the appointment of Ricardo "JTR" Júnior as the new head coach of its Counter-Strike 2 roster. The Portuguese specialist replaces Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński, who was moved to the bench earlier the same day as the organization decided to move in a new direction.

JTR is already well familiar with coaching on the international scene. From 2021 to 2023, he led Nigma Galaxy, achieving notable success in the ESL Impact women’s circuit. Under his leadership, the team won the first two seasons of the series, as well as ESL Impact events in Valencia and Katowice.

After that, the Portuguese coach spent around a year working with ODDIK. The team came close to qualifying for the PGL Major Copenhagen through the Americas RMR but ultimately failed to reach the tournament.

From 2024 to 2026, JTR served as an assistant coach for FlyQuest. During that period, he also briefly took over as the team’s head coach at BLAST Open London 2025.

He now joins FOKUS, which currently sits 55th in the global VRS ranking. The team is going through a transitional period following summer roster changes that saw Jorko and volt leave, while podi and jocab joined as replacements.

FOKUS’ next events will be the playoffs of NODWIN Clutch Series 12 and ROG Journey Autumn in Skövde, which features a $20,000 prize pool.

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The current FOKUS roster is:

• Matias "Banjo" Kivistö

• Mateo "Matheos" Prišlin

• Erik "ztr" Gustafsson

• Paavo "podi" Heiskanen

• Jacob "jocab" Nerheden

• Ricardo "JTR" Júnior (coach)