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Aleksib benched as hampus makes his return

For the ninth time in 26 months, Ninjas in Pyjamas has made a roster move.

2023-06-15 | @Anders_Frost

Ninjas in Pyjamas have ended the speculations about the future of the roster with the announcement of Hampus "hampus" Poser's return to the lineup.

The 24-year-old Swede will take over the reins as the in-game leader for the team replacing Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen. The Finn joined the roster in September 2022 but will now be moved to the bench after just nine months on the team.

Earlier this month Hampus "hampus" Poser announced that he was ready to return to competitive CS:GO after spending time on the sideline due to health reasons since January.

The return of hampus marks the ninth roster move that NIP has made since Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz joined the team in April 2021.

Timeline of roster moves in NIP since April 2021:

April 2021: Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz joins from Astralis - Tim "nawwk" Jonasson benched

June 2021: Linus "LNZ" Holtäng joins from Young Ninjas - Erik "ztr" Gustafsson returns to Young Ninjas

November 2021: Patrick "es3tag" Hansen joins from Complexity - Linus "LNZ" Holtäng returns to Young Ninjas

January 2022: Love "phzy" Smidebrant joins from Young Ninjas - Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz benched

April 2022: Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin joins from Fnatic - Love "phzy" Smidebrant leaves NIP

September 2022: Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen joins from G2 - Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora benched

January 2023: Danyyl "headtr1ck" Valitov joins from NAVI Junior - Patrick "es3tag" Hansen benched

January 2023: Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke joins from Astralis - Hampus "hampus" Poser benched

June 2023: Hampus "hampus" Poser returns to the lineup - Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen benched

Current NIP lineup:

Hampus "hampus" Poser

Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke

Danyyl "headtr1ck" Valitov

Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin

Fredrik "REZ" Sterner

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