Valorant Star Alfajer Returns to Fnatic For Valorant Champions After Health Issues
Fnatic has announced that Valorant player Emir āAlfajerā Ali Beder will be returning to the starting roster for finals weekend of Valorant Champions Paris 2025 after previously missing the last Upper Bracket match against Paper Rex due to health issues.
Alfajer is now ready to return to the tournament, where he will be joining the other Fnatic team members to play against NRG on Friday, with the hope of progressing to the Champions final.
Alfajerās Return
Announcing the news on social media, Fnatic said: āThe final boss returns. Thrilled to announce Alfajerās all cleared and healthy, and will be rejoining us vs NRG this Friday! Weāll also be keeping doma in Paris for finals weekend for the extra buff.ā
The final boss returns š
Thrilled to announce @Alfajervlās all cleared and healthy, and will be rejoining us vs @NRGgg this Friday!
Weāll also be keeping @domaVALORANT in Paris for finals weekend for the extra buff. pic.twitter.com/OR5b91R3Zw
ā FNATIC (@FNATIC) October 1, 2025
Fnaticās team director that a private doctor was called in to assist and help expedite the process.
āThe private doctor we found here in Paris was great after what was a really rough hospital experience. Very communicative & helped us expedite all of the tests/appts we needed ā¦ Letās win it all now.ā
The private doctor we found here in Paris was great after what was a really rough hospital experience. Very communicative & helped us expedite all of the tests/appts we needed. Happy that we got the all clear today & that we can go into the NRG game whole.
Letās win it all now. https://t.co/AJ6OFGLEC4
ā FNATIC CoJo (@CoJoPM) October 1, 2025
Fnaticās Success
Thus far, Fnatic has had a very successful competitive season, and are looking strong at Valorant Champs too. They managed to defeat DRX 2-1, before the team had to deal with competing against Paper Rex without Alfajer.
However, they managed to get the victory against their opponent with an emergency substitute, Domagoj āDomaā Fancev from Enterprise Esports.
He had 16 hoursā notice before the match, and had four hours of sleep and a flight to Paris the same day of the match, as said in his post on X.
āHi, what can I say?ā he said. ā4 hours of sleep straight from airport to venue and we won GG. Alfajer speedy recovery brother.ā
Hi, what can I say, 4 hours of sleep straight from airport to venue and we won GG @Alfajervl speedy recovery brotha
Big thanks to @alexrr_official @enterprise_esp @CoJoPM for making it happen š«”
ā Doma (@domaVALORANT) September 28, 2025
All in all, there has been a series of victories across the board for Fnaticās Valorant team, and now the full squad is back together for the match against NRG on Friday, October 2, with Doma on hand in the event of an emergency.
What Was Wrong With Alfajer?
At the time of writing, Alfajer hasnāt opened up about what his health issues were, but itās unlikely he would have missed such an important match for something that he didnāt feel was major or possible to play through.
His return will no doubt be a huge boost to his Fnatic teammates, especially as the grand final and Valorant Champions glory are so tantalisingly close.
