EYEBALLERS sign 17-year-old poiii: "He's Sweden's next superstar"

JW heaped praise on his team's new addition, who has impressed with Lilmix in 2024.

EYEBALLERS have rounded out their roster with former Lilmix player Alex "⁠poiii⁠" Nyholm Sundgren, the Swedish organization announced on Monday.

The 17-year-old effectively replaces Anton "⁠Sapec⁠" Palmgren, who parted ways with EYEBALLERS in early June to join Metizport. Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist was standing in for the squad in the meantime, and he now takes a step back once again.

poiii was hailed as "Sweden's next superstar" in the announcement by EYEBALLERS CEO and teammate Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell. After joining Lilmix in February with little prior experience, the youngster has averaged a 1.26 rating over 25 maps recorded on HLTV and achieved a near 4,000 ELO peak on FACEIT.

But the team says they've had their eye on the newcomer for longer than that, from just after the launch of the organization in 2022.

"When we had just started the team, we went to DreamHack to meet our fans. At that weekend Alex showed up and challenged us to shootouts in the JBL booth and won a shirt," JW said in a statement on EYEBALLERS' website. "Somewhere in there, I think he decided to focus on Counter-Strike."

Joining EYEBALLERS brings with it poiii's first opportunity to focus on Counter-Strike full time. To do so, he is taking a break from high school with the support of his family.

"EYEBALLERS have been incredibly professional in their dialogue with me and my parents, who are very important to me in my adventure. Having support from home means everything," poiii said.

"I am very grateful for this chance to play with legendary players like Golden and JW who have lifted the biggest trophies together. I know I have to work hard to one day be as succesful as them."

EYEBALLERS now have:

Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell
Peppe "⁠Peppzor⁠" Borak
Ludvig "⁠HEAP⁠" Alonso
Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim
Alex "⁠poiii⁠" Nyholm Sundgren

Kevin "⁠Kevve⁠" Bohlin (coach)