Movistar Riders signed smooya

British sniper Owen "smooya" Butterfield has signed a contract with the Movistar Riders.

During his try out, Butterfield helped Movistar Riders win the ESL European Championship Winter 2020, One Tap League Season 1 and the OMEN WGR European Challenge. His individual rating for 18 maps played in 2021 was 1.45.

Smooya had been without a team since March 2020, when he left Chaos two months after joining. At the end of August, he was invited on probation to c0ntact, but was ultimately not approved permanently.

Movistar Riders' next official matches will be in the ESEA S36 Advanced and European Development Championship Season 2. Also, the European team will take part in IEM Katowice 2021, which will be held February 16-28.