Younes "⁠YOUYOU⁠" Ait Lalla has decided to retire from Counter-Strike to pursue other opportunities, the Belgian has announced on Twitter.

In his Twitlonger post, the 21-year-old revealed that he "has the opportunity to create something bigger in his life", which has caused him to retire from competing in Counter-Strike.

YOUYOU first appeared in HLTV.org books in late 2015 as part of DeadPixels, where he played alongside David "⁠Davidp⁠" Prins and his brother, Faris "⁠Faris⁠" Ait Lalla, before he moved on to LDLC Blue later that year.

YOUYOU retires from Counter-Strike

In the last year of his career, the Belgian played in ARES, previously known as MAXISAUCISSE, with the likes of Matthieu "⁠matHEND⁠" Roquigny and Simon "⁠Fuks⁠" Florysiak. He also took part in WESG 2017 as part of a Belgian mix team featuring Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom and Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans, who placed 9th-12th at the World Finals in March.

YOUYOU has over 200 maps played in our records from the last three years and averages a 0.96 rating, with nearly 47% of his kills shot with an AWP.