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AC Milan and Danish international footballer Simon Kj\u00e6r <\/strong>has announced his own esports organisation called WOPA Esport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The Danish esports organisation will enter Counter-Strike 2 after signing four players from CEPTER BITSKINS. Originally known as Alpha Gaming, CEPTER BITSKINS revealed on social media that it will \u2018transition to WOPA Esports<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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Kj\u00e6r will be joined by Martin Rosenb\u00e6k, the Founder of esports news site HLTV, who has been named co-owner. HLTV has disclosed<\/a> that 10% of WOPA is owned by Rosenb\u00e6k\u2019s family-held company Rosenb\u00e6k & S\u00f8nner, as well as 1% by Rosenb\u00e6k personally. Nicolai Orbe has also been named as the organisation\u2019s Director.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nKj\u00e6r joins an ever-growing list of footballers that have invested in the esports sector. Last year, the likes of Vinicius Jr,<\/a> Lionel Messi<\/a>, and Pontus Jansson<\/a> became co-owners of notable esports organisations LOUD, KRU Esports and GODSENT, respectively. Moreover, the likes of Oleksandr Zinchenko<\/a> and Casemiro<\/a> also have Counter-Strike-focused esports organisations.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nThe 35-year-old defender is a well-known footballer across Europe, having played for the likes of Lille, Fenerbah\u00e7e and Sevilla before joining AC Milan in 2020. The player is also the current captain of Denmark\u2019s national football team.
As of right now, there are no details as to whether the organisation will expand into other game titles. According to WOPA Esports<\/a>, the organisation\u2019s ethos is centred around creating a healthy, non-toxic community and developing Danish talent.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \nAccording to the AC Milan player, the decision to enter Counter-Strike 2 is also due to his admiration of the game. In a social post, he said: “I love playing Counter-Strike myself, and I hope to be able to help young girls and boys find and cultivate their passion.”
The organisation\u2019s roster debut occurred earlier this week at Dust2.dk Ligaen Season 26<\/a>, a regional Danish Counter-Strike 2 event.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image credit: Raffaele Conti 88, Shutterstock AC Milan and Danish international footballer Simon Kj\u00e6r has announced his own esports organisation called WOPA Esport. The Danish esports organisation will enter Counter-Strike 2 after signing four players from CEPTER BITSKINS. Originally known as Alpha Gaming, CEPTER BITSKINS revealed on social media that it will \u2018transition to WOPA … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":152517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,70,239,55,5283,106,237,8701,18248],"tags":[220],"class_list":["post-152512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial","category-counter-strike","category-europe","category-esports-titles","category-investments","category-latest-news","category-news-by-region","category-shooters","category-top-stories","tag-counter-strike"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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