podi has become the sniper for the FOKUS CS2 roster
The esports organization FOKUS has introduced Paavo “podi” Heiskanen as the new sniper for its Counter-Strike 2 team. The announcement was made on the club’s X page.
Previously, podi played for Sprout and ENCE—during his two years with the latter, the sniper won five tournaments, including the Elisa Masters Espoo 2024. The Finnish player’s average rating in 2026 is 1.07.
FOKUS’s roster now looks like this:
- Sebastian “volt” Malosh
- Mateo “Matheos” Prishlin
- Matias “Banjo” Kivistö
- Erik “ztr” Gustafsson
- Paavo “podi” Heiskanen
- Jakub “kuben” Gurchinski (coach)
The next tournament for the revamped FOKUS will be BLAST Bounty Summer 2026, with the first matches taking place online on July 21. The team is currently ranked 48th in the VRS world rankings.
Photo by Helena Kristiansson, ESL.
Alexey Mikhailov
