ZywOo

Mathieu Herbaut (born 9 November 2000), better known as ZywOo, is a French professional Counter-Strike player for Team Vitality. Considered one of the greatest players in Counter-Strike history, he has been ranked the No. 1 player in the world by HLTV in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2025. He is the second-youngest ever HLTV Player of the Year at 19 years old, and one of only three players, alongside coldzera and donk, to be named the HLTV Player of the Year in their first full year as a professional player.

== Early life == He started playing at age seven with his brother but was only allowed to play for less than an hour per day by his mother. After becoming a teenager, he still never "played in the middle of the night" or "did 4-5 hour sessions", his family always keeping an eye on what he was doing. His mother also encouraged him to get into video games, and from time to time even played with him. But before allowing him to participate in esports, she demanded that he first finish his secondary education and acquire his baccalauréat, which he did.