The Singaporean esports organisation BLEED has terminated the contract of Josef "faveN" Baumann, making the 24-year-old German player a free agent as of today. Baumann announced this on his social media page on X.
He also mentioned that he is looking for a new team and is open to offers from the CIS region, noting his Kazakh roots. "Many people don't know this, but I'm fluent in Russian," faveN explained.
FaveN played for BLEED from December 2023 to July 2024, after which the organisation benched him, replacing him with Nemanja "nexa" Isaković, who has also recently been moved to the bench.
Before joining BLEED, Josef represented BIG for a year and a half. Since starting his professional Counter-Strike career in 2016, he has earned $223,000 in prize money.