Official: shalfey becomes new GamerLegion IGL

The 24-year-old Russian player Aleksandr "shalfey" Marenov has been named the new IGL of GamerLegion's Counter-Strike 2 lineup, the organization officially announced via its X social media account.

shalfey takes the place of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski in the GamerLegion roster, whom the club benched earlier today. Marenov previously played for 9 Pandas from June 2024 to April 2025, after which he and the rest of the squad were moved to the bench. In August 2026, he ended his partnership with the club and became a free agent.

GamerLegion currently sit 42nd in Valve's official ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams. In July this year, the club signed Timur "FL4MUS" Marev.

 GamerLegion are now:

 Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof
 Fredrik "REZ" Sterner
 Milan "hypex" Polowiec
 Timur "FL4MUS" Marev
 Aleksandr "shalfey" Marenov

 Adrian "imd" Pieper (coach)

Origin: x.com