Player KJ from from Heroic Dota 2
Bio
Matheus KJ Santos Jungle Diniz is a Brazilian professional Dota 2 player who plays in the Full-support position.
KJ 's career started in 2016, his first notable results came in 2018, reaching the ESL Brazil Premier League finals with NoPing e-sports. In 2019, the team participated in the open qualifications for The International 2019 in South America, but did not make it to the tournament. That same year, they placed second at the World Electronic Sports Games 2019 Brazil Finals. In 2020, KJ and his team reached 7th-8th place at StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 3, won CBDota 2, Betsafe Invitational and Movistar Liga Pro Gaming Season 4, and were finalists at ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Online. In June, NoPing e-sports took a break and players played under the Team Brasil tag, where Mateus finished in the top 4 at OMEGA League: Americas Ancient Division and won Movistar Liga Pro Gaming Season 6.
In December 2020, Team Brasil signed with SG e-sports, immediately winning silver at the Movistar Liga Pro Gaming Final Series. In 2021, the team finished third at the OGA DPC South America Regional League Season 1: Upper Division, and sixth the following season. They were also second at INVie and Mobius.Bet Maestros, and made their way to The International 2021, finishing 17th-18th. After the tournament, the lineup broke up and KJ returned to NoPing e-sports, winning the Fallen Cup. In 2022, playing for Wolf Team, he finished second at DPC SA 2021/22 Tour 2: Division II and third at BTS Pro Series Season 12: Americas.
Since January 2023, KJ has been playing for Keyd Stars and with them reached the finals of Games of Future 2023, won the Fallen Cup Season 2 and finished in the top 4 at DPC SA 2023 Tour 1: Division I, but finished seventh at DPC SA 2023 Tour 2: Division I , dropping to the second division. In the fall of 2023, Matheus participated in The International 2023, where he finished 13-16th.
In January 2024, KJ joined the new Heroic roster. Together with him he participated in qualifications for BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham 2024. The squad managed to qualify for DreamLeague and LAN in Birmingham, but at the closed qualification for the tournament in Dubai the team was one step away from victory, losing to Nouns in the grand finals of the tournament. Also, Heroic competed at Elite League 2024, PGL Wallachia: Season #1 and DreamLeague Season 23, and easily qualified for Riyadh Masters 2024 and The International 2024. At the Riyadh Masters, the team placed thirteenth. A little later, they finished tenth at Elite League Season 2, where they had previously received a direct invitation.