On Wednesday, 26 November, Joblife announced the signing of Enzo "Enzo" Mestari to their VALORANT Challengers France 2026 roster. Before joining Mandatory, he spent several seasons in VCT EMEA, most notably under the banners of Fnatic and Team Liquid. Accustomed to international stages, Masters and Champions, the French player built a reputation as one of Europe’s most reliable Initiators and In-Game Leaders.

At the end of 2024, he nevertheless chose to step back into VCL France with Mandatory, a move that quickly proved to be a career masterclass. In 2025, under his captaincy, Mandatory consistently reached the podium: multiple top-two and top-three finishes across the VALORANT Challengers France splits, before securing a spot at Challengers EMEA and then VCT Ascension EMEA, where they fell just short of qualifying for VCT EMEA.

A 2025 benchmark season

Enzo demonstrated that he could steer a non-franchised roster to the threshold of the elite, while Joblife, also present in Berlin for the tournament, exited the competition earlier than MDR. After a 2025 season with strong results in the French league, winning two out of three splits, Joblife struggled to replicate that form once stepping into EMEA tournaments. With the club’s ambition being to establish itself as a dominant force in Europe and to qualify consistently for EMEA events, JL have opted to place their trust in a seasoned veteran to anchor their new VALORANT line-up.

With his signing, Joblife acquires a leader with prior VCT experience, thoroughly accustomed to high-stakes best-of-five series in VCL, Challengers EMEA and Ascension. The coming year shapes up as a new chapter: this time, Enzo will no longer be the opponent to bring down, but rather the architect behind the Joblife machine, built to finally convert accumulated experience into a definitive step up to Tier 1 tournaments.

For more roster changes, check out our Transfers Hub and Offseason Live Tracker.