Blue Star Capital plc Guild Signs Top Three FIFA Player
December 06 2021 - 1:58AM
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Blue Star Capital plc
06 December 2021
6 December 2021
Blue Star Capital plc
("Blue Star" or the "Company")
Guild Signs Top Three FIFA Player
Blue Star Capital plc (AIM: BLU), the investing company with a
focus on esports, payments, technology and its applications within
media and gaming, notes the announcement by Guild Esports plc
("Guild"), one of its investee companies, earlier today.
Guild has announced that it has signed Nicolas Villalba
("Nicolas99fc"), to its FIFA roster.
Nicolas, from Argentina, has ranked in the top 3 FIFA players
worldwide since 2018 and is Argentina's second highest earner
within esports, with $290,000 in lifetime earnings to date. His
most notable international Major wins include the FIFA 19 PS4
Playoffs and the FIFA 19 eClub World Cup.
Nicolas previously played for FC Basel 1893 E-sports based in
Switzerland and has signed a one-year contract with Guild, which
has the option to renew for another year. He will be moving from
Argentina to London in order to compete from Europe, one of the
first moves of its kind in FIFA. The move will enable Nicolas to
benefit from Guild's Academy system and coaching, with the aim of
becoming the number 1 FIFA player globally.
Nicolas has a combined social media following of over 180,000
across his channels, comprising 67,500 followers on Twitch, 64,600
followers on Twitter, 27,800 followers on Instagram and 21,000
YouTube subscribers.
The board of the Company is pleased to see Guild continuing to
develop its high-calibre teams. Nicolas will join Niklas Raseck
("Nraseck") on the Guild 2022 FIFA roster and will be competing in
the 1vs 1 FIFA Global Series as well the FIFAe Club Series, a new
professional 2v2 format.
For further information, please contact:
Blue Star Capital plc +44 (0) 20 3608 3019
Derek Lew
S tanford Capital Partners Limited
(Broker)
Patrick Claridge / John Howes /
Bob Pountney +44 (0) 20 3650 3650
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About Blue Star Capital
Blue Star is an investing company with a focus on new
technologies. Blue Star's investments include SatoshiPay Limited, a
payments business using blockchain technology; 6 early-stage to
mid-level esports companies, including Guild eSports plc, a global
eSports business headquartered in London whose lead investor is
David Beckham and Dynasty eSports Pte Ltd., an eSports platform
with a mission to become the largest eSports franchise in Asia;
Leaf Mobile Inc., a mobile leading free-to-play mobile games group;
NFT Investments plc, a company that engages, partners, incubates
and develops non-fungible tokens; and Sthaler Limited, an identity
and payments technology business which enables a consumer to
identify themselves and pay using just their finger.
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