KSCERATO and yuurih sign three-year contract extensions: "They are FURIA"

The Brazilian duo have inked new deals upon the expiry of their five-year-long contracts.

Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato and Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos have renewed their deals with FURIA for three years, the Brazilian organization has announced.

"They're not leaving FURIA," Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira, now the organization's Head of Esports, stated in a video. "They started all of this with us; they are FURIA. They will spend another 3 years with us."

The news was revealed alongside the signing of Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros and confirmation of Sid "⁠sidde⁠" Macedo taking over as head coach for guerri, with the organization also bolstering their coaching staff with former FaZe analysts Viacheslav "⁠innersh1ne⁠" Britvin and Hunter "⁠Lucid⁠" Tucker.

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The re-signing of KSCERATO and yuurih quells uncertainty and rumors of their future with the Brazilian organization as their five-year-long contracts, inked in June 2019, were due to expire.

KSCERATO's fate was of particular interest as the four-time top-20 player in the world was previously targeted by Liquid during their December 2023 rebuild, but turned down the offer to continue playing with FURIA.

He has regularly emerged as a candidate for other top teams, with fans and pundits often criticizing FURIA for "wasting KSCERATO's prime" as the organization has struggled to compete for top international trophies despite his rifling excellence while he was locked into an extended contract.

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yuurih and KSCERATO are FURIA's longest-tenured players, joining the organization in November 2017 and February 2018, respectively. The team found rapid success domestically after the latter's addition alongside Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan, and soon completed a move to the United States to compete internationally.

They made an immediate impression on the world stage with a handful of deep runs at Big Events and established themselves as Brazil's next top team, but couldn't capitalize on their early momentum after returning to LAN post-COVID.

Outside of a few titles during the online era, FURIA failed to lift big international trophies, only recently breaking a five-year-long title duck at Elisa Masters Espoo in November 2023.

The organization cut a particularly frustrating figure in recent months, with role overlaps, a style imbalance, and poor results leading to the departure of arT and a stand-in stint with academy member Kayke "⁠kye⁠" Bertolucci, who failed to make an impression.

KSCERATO's decision to turn down Liquid's offer also drew criticism from the community, who could no longer point only to FURIA for poor roster decisions and results that have left the 24-year-old without top trophies.

His and yuurih's three-year contract extension comes at what the organization can only hope will be a turning point as they make substantial changes to the team, overhauling their coaching staff and signing skullz from Liquid.

In the announcement, guerri also hinted at the possibility of more additions to the team in the near future, but didn't go into detail.

"I am thinking of bringing in more people; this is not something that will stop here, so expect more news in the future," he said.

"I hope you enjoy it. We have been among the best in the world for at least 4 or 5 years. Our goal is obviously to be the best in the world, but we haven't achieved that yet. It's not something that happens overnight, just as it wasn't for other teams in the past. But we are always striving for improvement and growth, so I count on your support."