UK gaming and esports organisation Horizon Union have expanded their competitive esports roster with the signing of professional UK FIFA player, Alex ‘Shawrey’ Shaw.
The org say that the signing, Horizon’s first FIFA player, signifies their intention to continue scaling their esports teams by adding a second gaming title to the roster.
Shawrey, who is based in the UK, joins Horizon after a successful venture at Hashtag United and has been competing in FIFA for the last five years. Shawrey’s career highlights include achieving a top four place at the ePremier League in FIFA 20, as well as appearing in the top nine at the FUT Champions Cup 5 in FIFA 21.
Commenting on his move to Horizon, Shawrey said:
“I’m absolutely buzzing to be joining Horizon Union and extremely excited to represent the club as a FIFA player and content creator.”
Shawrey, Horizon Union
“With the release of FIFA’s 2022 esports roadmap and so many upcoming competitions, I cannot wait to be going full force under the Horizon banner.”
Based in Manchester, UK, Horizon entered the esports space earlier this year through Apex Legends following the acquisition of European esports team, Top Dogs. The organisation is home to an influencer roster of 45 creators, who drive and deliver content across gaming channels, and now, two esports teams.
Kairos Group acquired Horizon Union shortly afterwards.
Kieran Wood, co-founder and operations and commercial lead at Horizon, said: “We’re extremely excited to be bringing on Alex ‘Shawrey’ Shaw to Horizon. Shawrey has been nothing short of a true professional in the industry and our ongoing competitive developments and plans for FIFA, alongside Alex, are merely scratching the surface.
“With Horizon’s recent developments in Apex Legends we’re ecstatic to now be adding FIFA to our line-up as we continue to scale in the esports industry.”
There’s more info on Horizon Union visit horizonunion.org
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
