TeamOne member Rafael "pava" Pavanelli has decided to retire from gaming, the Brazilian veteran has announced.

In a Facebook post, the 31-year-old admitted that this was "perhaps the most difficult choice" of his life, and revealed that he will now focus on streaming under TeamOne's banner.

Rafael "⁠pava⁠" Pavanelli had been out of action since the beginning of October, when he was forced to take a break from gaming due to personal problems, with Jean-Michel "⁠mch⁠" D'Oliveira replacing him on TeamOne's active roster.

pava will be a streamer for TeamOne

The Brazilian veteran is widely known for his time representing Made in Brazil, with whom he attended multiple international events between 2003 and 2006, helping the team to win two CPL World Tour titles and to place fifth and sixth at CPL Winter 2003 and CPL Summr 2006, respectively.

After deciding to try his luck in CS:GO, pava played for teams like g3x and Santos Dexterity before joining TeamOne, whom he helped to qualify for last year's WESG Finals, in China. He made his last offline appearance for the team at the ESEA Season 25 MDL Global Challenge, in September, where TeamOne placed 5th-6th.