Adam Friberg is a

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competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who last played for Dignitas. He is the cousin of Erik Friberg, a footballer who previously played for

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. Friberg previously played for Ninjas in Pyjamas where he won his only major to date, ESL One Cologne 2014.

Career

''Counter-Strike''

Friberg began his professional esports career in 2009 playing for Games4u.se in '' Counter-Strike: Source''.

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

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

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, and took home the Major trophy from ESL One Cologne 2014. On July 31, 2017, Friberg parted ways with the team. In August 2017, Friberg signed with OpTic Gaming. Friberg signed with team Heroic in May 2018. 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. In January 2020, Friberg, along with

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, was signed by Dignitas, reuniting with former NiP teammates, until the team was disbanded in 2022.

Merchandise

In October 2015, NiP in co-operation with

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released an ice cream in Friberg's honor, called "King Of Banana", referring to his nickname as the "king" of a certain part on a CS:GO map (de_inferno) called "Banana".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Friberg, Adam 1991 births Living people Swedish esports players People from Gothenburg Ninjas in Pyjamas players Counter-Strike players