Id: | friberg |
Adam Friberg | |
Nationality: | Swedish |
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Role: | Entry fragger |
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Career Start: | 2010 |
Career End: | 2022 |
Years1: | 2012–2017 |
Team1: | Ninjas In Pyjamas |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Team2: | OpTic Gaming |
Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Team3: | Heroic |
Years4: | 2020–2022 |
Team4: | Dignitas |
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Adam Friberg is a Swedish former professional 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.
Friberg began his professional esports career in 2009 playing for Games4u.se in .[2]
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, 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.
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]
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".