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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.
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Blue Star Capital plc | +44 (0) 20 3608 3019 |
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Stanford Capital Partners Limited (Broker) Patrick Claridge / John Howes / Bob Pountney
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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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