friberg (gamer)
| friberg | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Friberg during Dreamhack Winter 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Adam Friberg |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Career information | |
| Games | Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Playing career | 2010–2022 |
| Role | Entry fragger |
| Team history | |
| 2012–2017 | Ninjas In Pyjamas |
| 2017–2018 | OpTic Gaming |
| 2018–2019 | Heroic |
| 2020–2022 | Dignitas |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Adam Friberg is a Swedish former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who last played for Dignitas. He is the cousin of Erik Friberg, a footballer who previously played for Seattle Sounders FC.[1] Friberg previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas where he won his only CS:GO Major, ESL One Cologne 2014.
Career
[edit]Counter-Strike
[edit]Friberg began his professional esports career in 2009 playing for Games4u.se in Counter-Strike: Source.[2]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
[edit]After playing with several teams from 2010 to 2012, Friberg signed with Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP). During his time with the team, he helped them go on a record 87-map win streak on LAN,[2] and took home the Major trophy from ESL One Cologne 2014.[3] On July 31, 2017, Friberg parted ways with the team.[4]
In August 2017, Friberg signed with OpTic Gaming.[4]
Friberg signed with team Heroic in May 2018.[5] In his 18 months with the team, he won several tournaments, including the GG.Bet Sydney Invitational in March and TOYOTA Master CS:GO Bangkok in November 2018. In August 2019, he was released from the team.[6]
In January 2020, Friberg, along with Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg, Richard "Xizt" Landström, Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund, was signed by Dignitas, reuniting with former NiP teammates, until the team was disbanded in 2022.[7][8]
Merchandise
[edit]In October 2015, NiP in co-operation with Alvesta Glass released an ice cream in Friberg's honor, called "King Of Banana",[9] referring to his nickname as the "king" of a certain part on a CS:GO map (de_inferno) called "Banana".
References
[edit]- ^ "Twitter conversation between Adam and Erik Friberg". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ a b Smith, Andrew (August 27, 2019). "CS:GO Player Friberg Departs Heroic". TheGamer. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Cropely, Steven (November 23, 2019). "Dignitas looking toward f0rest, friberg, and Xizt to build CS:GO team - report". VPEsports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Nordmark, Sam (August 21, 2017). "Friberg to compete on new OpTic Gaming roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (August 22, 2019). "Fnatic reportedly in talks to sign friberg". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Geddes, George (August 27, 2019). "Friberg leaves Heroic". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Cropley, Steven (January 21, 2020). "Dignitas return to CS:GO with f0rest, GeT_RiGht, friberg, Xizt, and hallzerk". VPEsports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ @dignitas (May 10, 2022). "Dignitas CSGO Roster Update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "King of Banana Ice-Cream Takes Over Sweden". NiP.gl. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-14.