Juves

Juves
Juves
Background Information
Name	Brandon Defina
Country of Birth	; Australia
Birthday	January 12, 1994 (age 31)
Residency	AMEAmericas
Prev Residencies	NANorth America; OCEOceania
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Juves
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Brandon "Juves" Defina is a League of Legends esports player, previously coach for NRG.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
OCE	⁠⁠Sin Gaming	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	Apr 20182018-04-29^[1]	≈3yr 3mo	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠MAMMOTH	Apr 20182018-04-29^[3]	Nov 20182018-11-13^[2]	6mo 14d	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas	Nov 20182018-11-25^[5]	Oct 20192019-10-17^[4]	10mo 22d	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Jul 20192019-07-18	Jul 20192019-07-19	1d	Temp Sub ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Jul 20192019-07-25	Jul 20192019-07-26	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Academy	Dec 20212021-12-08^[6]	Jan 20232023-01-11	1yr 1mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-11	Apr 20232023-04-06^[7]	2mo 26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Challengers	Apr 20232023-04-06^[9]	May 20232023-05-17^[8]	1mo 11d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG	May 20232023-05-17^[11]	Sep 20242024-09-26^[10]	1yr 4mo	ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
OCE	⁠⁠Sin Gaming	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	Apr 20182018-04-29^[1]	≈3yr 3mo	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠MAMMOTH	Apr 20182018-04-29^[3]	Nov 20182018-11-13^[2]	6mo 14d	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas	Nov 20182018-11-25^[5]	Oct 20192019-10-17^[4]	10mo 22d	ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Jul 20192019-07-18	Jul 20192019-07-19	1d	Temp Sub ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Jul 20192019-07-25	Jul 20192019-07-26	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Academy	Dec 20212021-12-08^[6]	Jan 20232023-01-11	1yr 1mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-11	Apr 20232023-04-06^[7]	2mo 26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Challengers	Apr 20232023-04-06^[9]	May 20232023-05-17^[8]	1mo 11d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG	May 20232023-05-17^[11]	Sep 20242024-09-26^[10]	1yr 4mo	ejel

News

2015
2018
2019
2021
2023
2024

OCE

⁠

⁠SIN

January (approx.),
Points,
Juves,
RYmeister,
WarbleGubul, and
flyingJoo join.

e

OCE	⁠⁠SIN	April 29, Praedyth, Juves, Bdoink, Remind, Cuden, Kpop, Vicarius (Head Coach), and Milky (Analyst) are removed from the GCD.^[1] e
OCE	⁠⁠MEC	April 29, Praedyth, Juves, Bdoink, Remind, Cuden, Vicarius (Head Coach), and Milky (Analyst) are added to the GCD. Kpop is added to the GCD as substitute.^[3] Praedyth, Juves, Cuden, Kpop, Milky (Analyst), and Vicarius (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018. Bdoink and Dream's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 May 2018. Mooboo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 2 April 2018.^[12] e
OCE	⁠⁠MEC	May 9, Praedyth, Juves, Bdoink, Remind, and Cuden's joining is confirmed. Kpop's joining as substitute is confirmed.^[13] e
OCE	⁠⁠MEC	November 13, Juves leaves.^[2] e
OCE	⁠⁠GRV	November 25, Juves (General Manager) joins.^[5] e

OCE	⁠⁠GRV	January 7, Juves (General Manager)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[14] e
OCE	⁠⁠GRV	May 29, Juves (General Manager)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[15] e
OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	July 18, Juves joins as temporary substitute for Week 11 of OCS 2019 Regular Season, replacing retribution. e
OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	July 19, Juves (temporary substitute) leaves. e
OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	July 25, Juves joins as temporary substitute for Tiebreakers of OCS 2019 Regular Season, replacing emelg. e
OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	July 26, Juves (temporary substitute) leaves. e
OCE	⁠⁠GRV	October 17, Juves (General Manager) leaves.^[4] e

NA

⁠

⁠CLG.A

December 8, Juves (Head Coach) and Mash (Strategic Coach) join.^[6]

e

NA	⁠⁠CLG.A	January 1, Juves changes residency from OCE Oceania to NA North America. e
NA	⁠⁠CLGC	January 11, ⁠⁠CLG Academy renames to ⁠⁠CLG Challengers. e
NA	⁠⁠CLGC	April 6, CLG Challengers infrastructure is transferred to NRG Challengers. Jenkins, Kevy, Copy, Meech, Breezy, Damonte, Juves (Head Coach), and Mash (Strategic Coach) leave.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠NRGC	April 6, Team joins from CLG Challengers. Jenkins, Kevy, Copy, Meech, Breezy, Juves (Head Coach), and Mash (Strategic Coach) join. Damonte joins as substitute.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠NRGC	May 17, ⁠⁠NRG Challengers is disbanded. Jenkins, Kevy, Meech, and Breezy leave. Damonte, Juves (Head Coach), and Mash (Strategic Coach) leave for main roster.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠NRG	May 17, ⁠⁠NRG Challengers is disbanded. Juves (Coach) and Mash (Strategic Coach) join from academy roster. Damonte (Positional Coach to Positional Coach/Sub/Mid) changes position.^[11] e

NA	⁠⁠NRG	September 26, Dhokla, Contractz, Palafox, Juves (Coach), Chuz (Assistant Coach), and Croissant (LCS Strategic Director) are removed from the GCD.^[10] e
AME	⁠⁠F/A	October 31, Juves changes residency from NA North America to AME Americas. e

Biography

Brandon "Juves" Defina was the team captain and founding member of Sin Gaming. He previously played soccer competitively but after sustaining an injury decided to pursue playing League of Legends professionally. He was playing main roster jungle for Sin Gaming from split 2 of 2016 to the end of split 1 2018 before Sin was acquired by MAMMOTH, he proceeded to play another split before retiring from competitive play but staying in the scene as a general manager for the newest OPL team: Gravitas.

Trivia

His ID Juves is a reference to an Italian soccer club, Juventus F.C.
Refers to champions like Gragas and Sejuani as "potato tanks".
Has a Bachelors in Exercise Science and Human Movement as well as an Honours degree in Biomechanics from Victoria University.

Tournament Results

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Juves Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-03-18	9 - 12	NACL 2023 Spring Playoffs	1 : 2⁠⁠TLC	⁠⁠CLGC	Jenkins, Kevy, Copy, Meech, Breezy, Juves
2023-03-06	6	NACL 2023 Spring	6-7-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLGC	Jenkins, Kevy, Copy, Meech, Breezy, Juves
2022-08-20	7 - 8	LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Summer	1 : 2⁠⁠IMT.A	⁠⁠CLG.A	Jenkins, Kevy, Triple, Meech, Breezy, Juves
2022-07-29	6	NA Academy 2022 Summer	6-6-6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG.A	Jenkins, Dhokla, RoseThorn, Kevy, Triple, Luger, MasH, Meech, Breezy, Juves
2022-04-05	7 - 8	LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Spring	0 : 2⁠⁠100.A	⁠⁠CLG.A	Dhokla, RoseThorn, Triple, Prismal, Breezy, Juves
2022-03-11	1	NA Academy 2022 Spring	7-9-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG.A	Dhokla, RoseThorn, Palafox, Damonte, Triple, Prismal, Breezy, Benji, Juves
2019-08-17	7	OPL 2019 Split 2	8 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GRV	Pabu, Praelus, Haeri, Raid, Decoy, Juves, Vicarius, Milky
2019-07-25	6	OCS 2019 Regular Season	6 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GRVA	GuaPi, Rival, Whynot, Hotchelli, retribution, Juves, emelg, OMO
2019-03-23	6	OPL 2019 Split 1	9 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GRV	Pabu, Praelus, Haeri, Raid, Decoy, Juves
2018-08-18	6	OPL 2018 Split 2	3 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠MEC	Chippys, Juves, Remind, Mash, Cuden, Vicarius