Former Illwill coach EMANHA has officially joined Wildcard, replacing CLASIA as the starting striker.

North American CS2 team Wildcard announced on Friday that Nemanja Jukic (ID: nEMANHA) has officially joined the team from illwill. He will fill the void left by Anthony Kearney (ID: CLASIA) and complete the final piece of Wildcard's new roster.

The 28-year-old nEMANHA is from Serbia and previously served as the team's in-game leader for e-Sports.rs, Zero Tenacity, and illwill. During his time with illwill, he played a total of 121 maps and participated in 2626 rounds, achieving an average personal rating of 1.11.

Since Peter Jaguz (ID: stanislaw) was relegated to the bench last November, Wildcard has consistently lacked a qualified leader. They also lost to Voca in the recently concluded North American closed qualifier finals, unfortunately missing out on qualifying for the 2026 PGL Bucharest.

This is why Wildcard is so excited about nEMANHA's arrival. In an interview with Dust2.us, Wildcard co-founder John Griffin (ID: Griff) stated clearly: "nEMANHA has been on our shortlist for years. We were one of the first organizations to adopt [Skybox] EDGE as an analytics tool and have unwavering faith in its ability to discover talent."

“nEMANHA’s data over the past two years has consistently matched our outlier analysis model, and his performance in online tournaments over the past 12 months has prompted us to sign him quickly and decisively.”

“We are very excited to have such a quick-thinking and highly skilled player on the team. He will help us move towards our goal of Cologne and beyond.”

With the addition of nEMANHA, Wildcard's current roster is as follows:

Rifleman: Jaxson Cornwell (ID: Peeping)

Sniper: Milos Knaciak (ID: mhL)

Rifleman: Ethan Serrano (ID: reck)

Rifleman: Jaden Postma (ID: HexT)

Commander: Nemanja Djukic (ID: nEMANHA)

Coach: James Macaulay (ID: JamezIRL)

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