Best Esports Players

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Kuro ‘KuroKy’ Takhasomi is a Dota 2 gamer from Berlin, Germany. He is currently the captain of Team Liquid who comes up with the new in-game strategies. The top esports player in the world, Kuroky provides the support for his unit with his favourite heroes Rubick, Visage and Io.

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Amer ‘Miracle’ Al-Barkawi is a pro gamer competing for Team Liquid’s Dota 2 roster. His responsibility towards his squad is the mid-laner position but he has the skills to carry in-game. Miracle was the first dota player to reach 9000 MMR and awarded by Esports Industry Awards 2017, the PC Player of the year.

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Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein is a dedicated Dota 2 gamer, formerly known as 'Bigdaddy' who hails from Copenhagen. He is the Team OG captain, leading his team while taking on the role of solo middle with heroes like Juggernaut and his most famous Meepo game plays. A dream come true for Johan and his team was winning The International 8, the biggest esports event that made Notail a top favourite dota player.

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Ivan ‘MinD_ContRoL’ Ivanov is a professional gamer from Bulgaria, playing for Team Liquid. He plays his best in the offlaner position with Dota 2 heroes like Dark Seer, Nature’s Prophet and Beastmaster. Although there is much pressure in tournaments, MinD_ContRoL all smiles before and after esports events.

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Lasse ‘MATUMBAMAN’ Urpalainen is a Finnish professional player competing for Chaos Esports Club. He has the skills to handle the carry or the solo middle roles, performing his best with signature heroes Lone Druid, Lycan and Broodmother. Matumbaman has a positive attitude joking around with friends, an amusing personality on the world stage as well as in interviews.

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Sumail Hassan is a Pakistani pro gamer who forms part of the Evil Genuises Dota 2 roster. His skills as a solo middle has seen impeecable moves with his favoruite signature heroes Strom Spirit, Ember Spirit and Puck. A great accomplishment for SumaiL was winning TI5 with a prize of over an amazing $6 million for EG. This record made Hassan the youngest player in esports to earn a million in prize money.

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Maroun ‘GH’ Merhej is a Lebanese top Dota 2 player currently competing for Team Liquid. He takes on the support role in the game, trying to ban his favourite heroes would be a mistake as he has a wide hero pool. In his latest tournaments, he has played his signature Dota heroes Io, Keeper of the Light and Earthshaker. The greatest achievement for GH was fulfilling his dream of winning The International 5 with Team Liquid beating Newbee in the Grand Final 3-0, scooping the highest prize pool of a mind-blowing $10.8 million.

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Saahil Arora is a 29-year-old American gamer known as UNiVeRse who hails from Wisconsin. Having been in the esports scene for a couple of years, he is a respected Dota 2 offlaner that plays his best with dota heroes like Faceless Void, Earthshaker and Dark Seer. The most successful event for UNiVeRse was when he and EG competed at The International 5 winning a massive prize of $6.6 million. For his excellent performance, RedBull named Saahil as the MVP of the Tournament for his high-level offlane gameplay with heroes Clockwerk and Earthshaker.

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Peter ‘ppd’ Dager is a 27-year-old cyber athlete that hails from Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the esports world, he is known by his gaming nickname ‘ppd’ actively playing for Ninjas in Pyjamas. Dager is the captain of the Ninjas in Pyjamas Dota 2 team, calling the shots and assisting his dota 2 team as support, playing his best with Treant Protector, Crystal Maiden and Vengeful Spirit. A great success for ppd was at The International 2015 competing for Evil Geniuses at the time. The top dota team reached the grand finals against CDEC to win the match with an unbeatable record 3-1, taking home a staggering $6.6 million cash prize.

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Clinton ‘Fear’ Loomis is an American professional esports player competing for J.Storm. He has been playing Dota 2 since 2006 that made Fear one of the best among North American cyber athletes. Clinton’s versatility in playing every position competitively makes Fear a good fit for any dota team. The biggest accomplishment for Fear was at TI5 when EG rook the Dota 2 Championships title beating CDEC to claim their winning cash prize of $6.6 million.

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Gustav ‘s4’ Magnusson is a Swedish pro gamer who plays for Evil Geniuses. He plays his best as an offlaner or solo middle position with Dota 2 heroes Batrider and Puck. On top of this, his dota fans gave him the nickname ‘Son of Magnus’ for his superb gameplays of the hero Magnus. His latest success was at The International 8 finishing in third place to win his highest cash prize yet of $2.6 million together with his team EG.

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Clement ‘Puppey’ Ivanov is a 29-year-old Estonian Dota 2 player who is captain and support for Team Secret. Clement is very fluent in English which gave him the advantage to be a part of the best European Dota 2 squads. His latest success was at TI8 with Secret, claiming the highest prize of $1.1 million. In his career so far, Puppey holds the record of reaching the finals of 4 Majors and 3 International events.

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Zhang ‘Y’ Yiping is a top Chinese Dota 2 player, also known as Y’ innocence who currently plays for EHOME. His quick thinking of his best gameplays have helped to support and lead the squad in matches with dota heroes like Bounty Hunter, Io, and Oracle. The notable accomplishment in his pro gaming career has to be winning The International 2016 playing for Wings Gaming, the unit claim $9.1 million cash prize, the highest reward yet.

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Zhang ‘Faith_Bian’ Ruida is a talented dota 2 player from China. He trains with his team EHOME as the offlaner, playing his best signature gameplays with Beastmaster, Batrider and Clockwerk. Faith_bian is capable of predicting the opponent’s movement and creating space to push his hero to the limit to help lead his team, EHOME. The highest winnings achieved by Faith_bian was competing for Wings Gaming at the prestigious dota 2 tournament, The International 2016. Upon reaching the finals, the Wing players defeated Digital Chaos an unbeatable score of 3-1, claiming the first prize of a spectacular $9.1 million.

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Li "iceice" Peng is a Chinese Dota 2 player who is currently playing for Sun Gaming. Peng was encouraged by xiao8 to pursue a career in professional gaming with his first team, Big God. Since then he has made a name for himself with the unpredictable tactics while playing the support role with his signature heroes, Dazzle, Witch Doctor and Rubick. Iceice’s great achievement was with Wings Gaming, winning The International 2016 to claim their well-deserved cash reward of a staggering $9.1 million.

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Kurtis ‘Aui_2000’ Ling is a Canadian Dota 2 coach and was a top esports player from Canada. His last competitive tournament was the GESC: Thailand Dota 2 minor – North American Qualifier playing for Digital Chaos as the time. Ling’s gaming experience has made him more knowledgeable of dota 2 to help the squad win tournaments by taking on as coach of Forward Gaming.

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Chu 'Shadow' Zeyu is a top Dota 2 player currently competing for Team, Serenity. Shadow is the most curious player of the group, playing the carry role aggressively and with versatile champions like Drow Ranger, Juggernaut and Morphling. The most rewarding for Shadow was competing for Wings Gaming at The International 2016, winning the Finals Digital Chaos for a prize of a whopping $ 9 million.

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Zhou ‘Blink’ Yang was a dedicated Dota 2 player who is now retired. He is well-known competing for Wings and his last squad, Sun Gaming, playing the solo middle position with top signature heroes Shadow Fiend, Invoker and Tinbersaw. Yang's great achievement of his gaming career was while playing for Wings Gaming, winning TI 6 Dota 2 Championship, defeating Chaos to claim a cash prize of sensational $9.1 million.

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Zhang ‘xiao8’ Ning was a talented Dota 2 gamer famous for playing for Newbee and LGD Gaming. His great achievement for Xiao8 as a pro player was with Newbee winning The International 4 taking home a jaw-dropping prize of $5 million. At present, Ning is now the coach of EHOME, sharing his expertise and insights with the team. So far, the best accomplishment for Xiao8 as a coach has to be at The Bucharest Minor, when EHOME won over Gambit 3-1.

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Zhihao ‘Hao’ Chen is a Chinese top Dota 2 player from Longmen, Guangdong. Today, Hao plays for the esports team, Old Boys handling the carry role with his signature heroes Gyrocopter, Spectre and Weaver. The best achievement in his career has to be The International 4 while with Newbee beating Vici to win a cash reward of a $5 million.

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Hongda ‘Faith’ Zeng is a pro gamer that hails from the province of Guangdong. He plays Dota 2 professionally competing for his current team, Typhoon Esports Club as captain and support to help out his teammates with signature dota characters, Ancient Apparition, Rubick and Shadow Shaman. Faith's sensational close win finishing in second place at TI7 with Newbee, the players claimed their highest cash prize of $ 3.9 million.

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Vladimir 'Noone' Minenko is a Ukrainian Dota 2 player that competes for Virtus.Pro. He can handle the solo-middle position with his signature heroes, Dragon Knight, Puck and Templar Assassin. The best achievement yet for Noone has to be at The International 8 even though they finished in fifth place they proudly claimed their highest prize yet of $1.1 million.

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Jacky 'EternalEnVy' Mao is a Canadian professional dota gamer who last played for the beastcoast team. He can lead his team as captain using the carry position with signature dota heroes like Luna, Terrorblade and Drow Ranger in the hopes of winning esports tournaments. The best performance of his gaming career was at The Shanghai Major 2016 while playing for Team Secret outplaying Liquid with an unbeatable 3-1.

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Gabriel ‘Fallen’ Toledo is a dedicated cyber athlete from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Well-known as the godfather of Brazilian CS: GO, Fallen play for MIBR as an AWPer and in-game leader, leading his team to win several esports matches. Fallen is considered a role model for other Brazilian pro players; in fact, he received nominations as the best national sniper of the year, best national player and the most influential person of Brazilian sports. On top of this, Fallen owns Gamers Academy with a commitment and passion for teaching upcoming esports gamers.

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Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga is a Brazilian Counter-Strike player for MIBR that hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is well-known as the entry fragger who helped in the success of SK Gaming. The impressive win for Fer was while with SK taking the ESL One Cologne 2016 trophy and $500K cash reward.

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Marcelo ‘coldzera’ David is a Brazilian esports gamer that competes professionally in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for MIBR. He can handle the rifler position as well as an awper when the need arises within the CS match. He is best known for his incredible consistency and fragging; in fact, Coldzera ranked the tenth best player of 2018, voted by HLTV.org.

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Johan ‘pieliedie’ Åström is a Swedish talented pro gamer training in Dota 2 for a top team, Forward Gaming. He takes on as the captain in the supportive role, assisting his teammates in different situations with his signature dota heroes Bane, Io and Vengeful Spirit. The best performance in his esports profession was winning The Shanghai Major 2016 while with Team Secret defeating Liquid to take home a grand prize of $1.1 million.

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Jaroslaw ‘PashaBiceps’ Jarząbkowski was a talented CSGO cyber athlete that used to compete for Virtus.Pro. He played his best tactics as the rifler and awper using his favourite choice of weapons the assault and sniper rifles. To mark the end of an esports career, Pashabiceps presented the IEM Katowice 2019 trophy on the podium.

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Du ‘Monet’ Peng is a Chinese esports player currently competing for Royal Never Give Up. Monet plays his best carry role with his signatures heroes Gyrocopter, Juggernaut and Ursa to lead his team to victory. Monet was known as the youngest dota gamer to have reached 9K MMR in May 2017.

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Khoo 'Ohaiyo' Chong Xin is a Malaysian Dota 2 gamer competing for WarriorsGaming.Unity. He plays his best offlaner role, with his favourite heroes, Nature Prophet, Batrider and Dark Seer. Ohaiyo is famous for his aggressive playstyle, creating thrills and surprising moments in esports tournaments that make him a top Dota player that esports fans admire.

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Pavel ‘9pasha’ Khvastunov is a Russian top dota player that competes for Virtus.Pro. He takes on the roles of an offlaner playing his best gameplays with Dota heroes, Dark Seer, Magnus and Centaur Warrunner. The best performance of 9pasha's gaming career was at The International 2018, although they finished in fourth, Virtus. Pro proudly claimed their highest reward of $1.1 million.

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