Golden takes over as SAW head coach

The Swede has joined SAW until the end of the season.

Golden recently retired from playing

SAW have announced the addition of Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim as the team's head coach until the end of the season, filling the void left by Danny "⁠BERRY⁠" Krüger's departure earlier in October.

Golden announced his decision to retire from playing after departing EYEBALLERS in October, but wasted no time in stepping into a head coach role. Despite his recent transition to the role, he brings coaching experience from his eight months with GODSENT in 2023.

The Swede comes into a SAW side that has gone through a turbulent time recently. The team removed BERRY and Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing at the start of the month in a shock move, with the team swooping in to sign André "⁠Ag1l⁠" Gil as the replacement before the Swedish coach completed the lineup.

Since their restructuring, SAW claimed their first international LAN trophy at ESL Challenger Katowice on their offline debut with the new roster and have now set their sights on the Shanghai Major RMR, set to start on November 17. SAW have been put into Group A and will meet SINNERS in the opening round.

Date Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Europe RMR A
17/11/2024
07:10
Match

"Glad to be part of SAW and join them as a coach, thank you guys for the opportunity," Golden wrote in his X statement. "We kicked it off with a trophy in Katowice, let’s try to kill it at the Major!"

SAW are now:

Portugal Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes
Portugal Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira
Portugal João "⁠story⁠" Vieira
Portugal Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto
Portugal André "⁠Ag1l⁠" Gil

Sweden Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim (coach)

Portugal Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing (benched)

Portugal Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
654
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.69
Portugal Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
1673
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Portugal Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing
Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
608
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Portugal Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1766
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Portugal André 'Ag1l' Gil
André 'Ag1l' Gil
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
471
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.66
Sweden Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Age:
30
Team:
Denmark Danny 'BERRY' Krüger
Danny 'BERRY' Krüger
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
826
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.73
Portugal João 'story' Vieira
João 'story' Vieira
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
691
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.61
#1
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Poland KUTER
bruh
2024-10-28 19:36
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3 replies
rip
2024-10-28 20:55
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#59
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Poland Botaz
it is a golden opportunity
2024-10-28 21:00
12
1 reply
more like golden shower opportunity
2024-10-28 21:43
4
WTF
2024-10-28 19:36
129
5 replies
+1
2024-10-28 19:37
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#16
Faceit level 9  | 
Netherlands PeacEnjoyer
no one saw this one coming
2024-10-28 19:43
117
2 replies
Pun intended?
2024-10-28 20:10
6
They saw this as their golden opportunity, you know? Gotta ban myself now.
2024-10-28 23:51
26
literally my exact reaction
2024-10-28 19:46
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#3
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Zimbabwe KennyKEX
huh wtf
2024-10-28 19:37
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#4
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Poland Krejzolek_
Random move
2024-10-28 19:37
4
#5
f0rest | 
Poland karov
how does this bum get into teams
2024-10-28 19:37
12
8 replies
Chill Coach is a little different from player 😭
2024-10-28 19:38
50
he was a smart igl ?? thats why? he just doesnt know how to frag thats all
2024-10-28 20:22
20
6 replies
wait is he actually a good IGL?? I always missed fnatic golden who won iem katowice, but wasn't sure why he fell off and out of t1.
2024-10-28 20:37
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5 replies
he was a good igl, but his fragging abilitiy was just awful
2024-10-28 20:50
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#61
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Poland Botaz
he is like hooxi but without depression
2024-10-28 21:01
21
1 reply
Yeah i think coach is good for him while hooxie is so tensed up and unpleasant in a way that i don't see him doing much in the future.
2024-10-29 08:25
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#81
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Argentina Saazu
they won kato, dreamhack; and the ESL europe during the pandemic (just looked at his profile, he also won WESG)
2024-10-28 23:42
0
got kicked from fnatic, joined a turbulent Cloud9 roster after tarik and Stewie left, showed a lot of promise actually (I remember them playing really well against prime astralis). Unfortunately, he fell extremely ill for almost half a year, so he couldn't keep up with the meta while the remains of the roster completely fell apart
2024-10-29 10:11
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#7
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Latvia riraie
unexpected
2024-10-28 19:37
2
#10
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Brazil 4vengerr
thats so random, wtf
2024-10-28 19:39
4
let's wait and see !
2024-10-28 19:39
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#12
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Paraguay LifeHater
Don't know why people think this is random. They did the exact same move with BERRY
2024-10-28 19:39
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#13
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England DB_R20
Guess we gotta let him cook?
2024-10-28 19:40
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#14
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Portugal 99ita
Expected to be an international coach stepping in as it was hinted by orgnization and players but never expected for it to be golden, hope it all works out
2024-10-28 19:40
8
Unexpected but gl with everything
2024-10-28 19:40
3
golden very smort no disrespec
2024-10-28 19:44
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#18
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Portugal kurpyyy
What a banger
2024-10-28 19:44
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#19
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Portugal 7sson
unexpected, given that when they hired Berry the justification was to bring experience and knowledge of the game as a coach, choosing Golden who is completely the opposite, given the short path he took as a coach, is totally unpredictable. Hope he bring good thing GL
2024-10-28 19:45
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4 replies
if you’ve ever heard golden speaking on the swedish broadcasts, you instantly realize what saw was looking for. he is so insightful and has an explanation for everything going on in the server. he is him.
2024-10-28 19:55
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3 replies
#50
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Finland KnelI
0.70 player against me
2024-10-28 20:25
0
Thanks for the insight. I hope you're right. Gl Golden!
2024-10-29 06:57
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#96
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Sweden infl8
Agree!
2024-10-29 15:14
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#21
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Spain mavericko19
Golden SAWer lol
2024-10-28 19:49
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#22
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Sweden Vrede
you what?
2024-10-28 19:49
0
bot and matchfixer from fnatic 'nice one
2024-10-28 19:50
1
#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
910 | 
France pheno71
seems nice, gl
2024-10-28 19:52
1
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
What? Saw back to grinding t3 in 1-2 months :b
2024-10-28 19:52
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#26
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Poland Jxcek
I don't see this lasting long to be honest
2024-10-28 19:54
0
1 reply
idk what they meant end of season
2024-10-29 10:35
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#27
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United Kingdom carltonXD
lol..
2024-10-28 19:54
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so u part ways with a coach that took u to ur best form yet for a player testing out coaching okay
2024-10-28 19:55
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#30
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Greece her-1g
I think he is gonna be a good coach. Golden was a great tactician but a very bad player
2024-10-28 19:56
2
He's probably already been their remote coach since Berry left, it doesn't seem like something out of the blue to me. GL
2024-10-28 19:59
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#32
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United States illusi0n[1g]
GO SAW
2024-10-28 19:59
0
Hes saying eslc kato was his achievement? I guess he wont be in the rmr because of roster lock too
2024-10-28 20:00
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1 reply
#36
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Portugal Belmiro
Mut and Roman said they were working with a coach just before Katowice, so it looks like he helped the team win
2024-10-28 20:02
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#34
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
insaneeee i'm so marcel kohn rn
2024-10-28 20:00
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#35
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senka | 
Poland szlajmer
most random roster move oat
2024-10-28 20:01
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#37
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Portugal OwnedBro
WHAT
2024-10-28 20:04
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#38
Faceit level 8  | 
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United States illusi0n[1g]
Doesn't really make a whole lot of sense... Does SAW want to keep climbing up the ladder or are they content with just being average?
2024-10-28 20:04
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2 replies
#44
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Portugal Luter_z
chill, they started talking and training with him for Katowice, they won and liked him a lot as coach. Now they will try with him for the major and see how it works out, no need for all that negativity.
2024-10-28 20:14
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1 reply
#46
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United States illusi0n[1g]
I just dont understand why ORGS will waste money on goof balls like GOLDEN who never played any real sports in his life, doesnt have any drive to win, and has zero experience at coaching... this shit is turning into a micky mouse league
2024-10-28 20:17
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#39
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Germany Jonaah
well that's a surprise
2024-10-28 20:07
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#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Emvi
Cool beans. GLHF
2024-10-28 20:10
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#42
Faceit level 9 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Twistzz | 
United States plsnopermaban
Pretty interesting move. Hopefully Golden takes to coaching quickly!
2024-10-28 20:11
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#43
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
roman | 
Portugal MUTIRIS_VAC_SHOT
Welcome and GL Golden
2024-10-28 20:13
2
unexpected but saw go bigger
2024-10-28 20:14
1
1 reply
No one except them saw this as their golden opportunity, yk?
2024-10-28 23:52
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This only shows that ENCE knows how to sign right people at the right time. This is why head coach, igl, analyst and performance coach have say in ENCE which players ahould be benched and who should replace them.
2024-10-28 20:41
1
all the best for him
2024-10-28 21:11
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#63
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Portugal D14s
@Ademar what you think?
2024-10-28 21:11
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4 replies
Hes probably still in shock about the lose of OG against 500 🤣
2024-10-28 21:17
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#66
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Pretty smart, they have a fall guy in case they get destroyed in China. Who the hell is Ademar?
2024-10-28 21:25
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2 replies
#68
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Montenegro dinisman
Ademar is a professional saw hater
2024-10-28 21:37
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#78
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Switzerland Nuxlly
A new Dougbuck alt probably
2024-10-28 22:48
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best of luck brother!
2024-10-28 21:24
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#67
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
ZywOo | 
Portugal cluzenjs
Damn. Golden. Insane move, gl
2024-10-28 21:31
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#69
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Portugal bast0
Fnatic legendary rooster: Golden, Krimz, BroLAN, JW, Flusha. Golden was a great tactician but not a top player. While analysing plays he is very insightful and has an explanation for everything going on in the server, I hope he can help us a lot. He's already been their remote coach since Berry left. Welcome, thanks for the help in the cup and Good Luck for the future ones Golden!
2024-10-28 21:39
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expected
2024-10-28 21:41
1
This is a golden opportunity for both parties
2024-10-28 21:42
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#73
Faceit level 6  | 
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Portugal bast0
Menino d’Ouro (Very used quote in Portuguese meaning Golden boy)
2024-10-28 22:03
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1 reply
cringo
2024-10-28 22:30
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#76
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
mazay | 
Japan makermeetsu
very promising, good for Saw
2024-10-28 22:33
1
Nice, scene needs good new coaches and Golden has the brain to become one
2024-10-28 23:18
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#84
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
rip saw's opponents
2024-10-29 00:11
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#85
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United Kingdom mitchellA
Why did winning a Dreamhack Open get a player a trophy on their profile but these events dont. Surely they are of a simlar level.
2024-10-29 01:02
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#86
flusha | 
Sweden wnsz
Nice! Good luck Golden! Hope it works out
2024-10-29 01:25
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#87
Faceit level 10  | 
ner | 
Ukraine smakolyk
Since when golden retired!? Another legend goes
2024-10-29 04:21
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#88
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DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
What the actual F? unexpected.
2024-10-29 06:31
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#91
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
HeatoN | 
Sweden flkt
Good Luck Golden!
2024-10-29 08:45
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#92
Faceit level 10  | 
bladee | 
Portugal Zeveryn
cook
2024-10-29 09:35
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#95
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Yugoslavia lapace
XDDDDDD
2024-10-29 11:26
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The end of SAW XD
2024-10-29 17:22
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Hes 100% better than McBerry
2024-10-30 13:04
0
From McBerry to Golden retriever 💀
2024-10-30 13:04
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