Flávio will be the first Brazilian in history to represent a Premier League club in eSports. He will partner up with Torin Page, who was announced last month and will represent Wolves for the FIFA 19 season on the PlayStation 4.
Flávio, also known as ‘FIFILZA’, is one of Brazil’s most talented FIFA players. He started playing competitively on FIFA 17, where he immediately made an impression by qualifying for both the Vancouver and the London regionals, in ninth and fourth place in the Americas region respectively. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances he was not able to compete at both championships.
Last season he continued to impress under the name ‘TH1AGO99’ and qualified for the Manchester regional as number one from Brazil and seated as number five worldwide with a 157-3 record overall. Flávio also qualified for the Amsterdam Regionals through the Last Chance Weekend with a 40-0 score in total. Again, due to personal circumstances, Flávio was unable to participate.
Despite his young age, Flávio has already gained some offline experience when participating this August in the Gamer Cup, the biggest offline FIFA eSports event in Brazil, where he eventually reached the semi-finals.
With TheTurin27 on his side and the support of the club and eSports partner Bundled, Flávio is determined to embark on a successful professional eSports career with the Wolves and says it’s 'a dream come true’.
Flávio said: “Playing in Europe for a club in the Premier League, the biggest football competition of the world, is something I dreamt about.
"It is also very special to become the first Brazilian in history to represent a Premier League club in FIFA - I didn’t realise this at first and it makes it extra special. I like to excite the fans with the Brazilian football style, ‘joga bonito’, when playing FIFA.
"I’m really looking forward to watching Wolves play for the first time at Molineux and to meet the board, especially Robert Plant who wrote Stairway to Heaven, my all-time favourite song.
"I can’t wait to start playing FIFA 19 for the club with a well-known eSports player like Torin."
Wolves head of marketing Russell Jones said: “In collaboration with our eSports agency Bundled, we have been able to sign Flávio - the best FIFA eSports player in Brazil in his age category.
"We are very excited that he will be joining Torin in the Wolves eSports team, and believe this will give us an even better chance to compete at the highest level in our debut season, and at the same time help us reach out to new and existing fans in Latin America."
