KRÜ Esports is an Argentine organization. It is a new organization founded in October 2021. Focusing on the esports and content creation scenes with the goal of bringing this world to a wider audience the organization with the support of Sergio Agüero as founder and tries building the connection between the traditional and virtual sports scene. Sergio Agüero is a retired professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League, during his decade-long association with Manchester City. He is also the current CEO of the organization. Twitch, AORUS, AMD and Budweiser Argentina are some of its biggest sponsors.
KRÜ Esports announced its entry to Valorant on January 12th, 2021, by signing its first player, Klaus on the Valorant roster. Following that they signed akz, Leobas, Mazino, and NagZ. The first original players to depart from KRÜ Esports were akz and Leobas, who was dropped from the team on March 29th, 2021. Following their departure on March 30th 2021, KRÜ Esports signed bnj and delz1k. keznit joined the main roster on 19th June 2021 while bnj moved to a 6th player role. The next player who left the team was bnj, who stepped down from the competitive scene to pursue content creation on November 08th, 2021. Recently they signed ddx as an analyst for the team.
In Game Name | Real Name | Joining Date |
Klaus | Nicolas Ferrari | 12-01-2021 |
Mazino | Roberto Rivas | 12-01-2021 |
NagZ | Juan Pablo Lopez | 12-01-2021 |
delz1k | Joaquin Espinoza | 30-03-2021 |
keznit | Angelo Mori | 19-06-2021 |
Tournament | Date | Position | Prize |
VALORANT Champions 2021 | 11-12-2021 | 3-4th | $90,000 |
VCT 2021: Stage 3 Masters – Berlin | 17-09-2021 | 5-8th | $25,000 |
VCT 2021: LATAM Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs | 20-08-2021 | 1st | $10,000 |
VCT 2021: LAS Stage 3 Challengers 1 | 03-07-2021 | 1st | $2,500 |
VCT 2021: Stage 2 Masters – Reykjavík | 27-05-2021 | 7-8th | $25,000 |
VCT 2021: LAS Stage 2 Challengers 1 | 11-04-2021 | 1st | $2,500 |
AORUS League – LAS #2 | 29-03-2021 | 2nd | $750 |
VCT 2021: LATAM South Stage 1 Masters | 20-03-2021 | 3-4th | $3,750 |
VCT 2021: LAS Stage 1 Challengers 2 | 14-02-2021 | 3rd | $500 |
VCT 2021: LAS Stage 1 Challengers 1 | 31-01-2021 | 2nd | $1,000 |
Majorly in Valorant, KRU Esports earns from the tournament prize pools, and the total earnings till date are approximately $161,000. Also, there are various brand endorsements and the value is not disclosed by the organization.