Cătălin-Ionuț “BTN” Stănescu played in Romania before his Nexus years. In November 2014, he won the Romanian eSports Championship with neXtPlease!, beating cooL in the final. After a spell at aimclub, he joined Nexus in July 2016.
Stănescu remained through several generations of the club's Romanian roster. In May 2025, his team advanced through the Galaxy Battle Phase 2 group stage and beat PARIVISION in the final to take the title.
