Finn Andersen (born 14 April 1990), better known as karrigan, is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player and captain for

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. He has also played for other teams including

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Team Dignitas Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest c ...

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Astralis Astralis is a Denmark, Danish esports organization. Best known for their ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team, they also have teams representing other games, such as ''FIFA'' and ''League of Legends''. The parent group of Astralis is the A ...

Mousesports Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its '' CS:GO'' team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. M ...

and

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. Andersen was a founding member of

, a player-owned team established in 2015. He began playing competitively in 2006 during the '' Counter-Strike 1.6'' era.

Early and personal life

Karrigan's brother started playing ''Counter-Strike'' around 2001 and soon afterwards he was introduced to the game. Karrigan was playing competitively by 2006 and 2007 and on November 5, 2010, he joined Full-Gaming, whose teammates included Michael “Friis” Jørgensen and Timm “ArcadioN” Henriksen. In 2015 he finished a dual

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and

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from

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. He currently resides in

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Career

Karrigan joined

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around March 25, 2012 and the team won many tournaments that year. With the advent of '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' scene he joined

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because "the offer they gave me was really good", and he felt like the Fnatic lineup did not have what it took to be successful in the new title. Karrigan left Copenhagen Wolves and joined the Denmark-based roster of North American organization

. On January 25, 2015, Team SoloMid picked up Team Dignitas' CS roster. In July SoloMid placed 3-4th the year's second Major,

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. In October TSM got 5-8th at the last Major,

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. TSM's CS:GO roster left the organization on December 3, 2015, amid internal troubles. For the next few tournaments the team competed under the name "Team Question Mark". On January 9, 2016, Team Question Mark unveiled the new organization they created,

, because of a desire to have a "stable environment" in eSports. The organization was registered as an

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(ApS) and received venture capital from Sunstone Capital, and is angel invested by entrepreneur

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. On June 5, 2016, he was denied entry into the United States to compete in the group stage of ELeague Season 1 due to new rules regarding

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(ESTA) travel because he had been to

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within the last five years. During the matches he missed the team used coach Danny "Zonic" Sørensen in his place. Astralis got 3-4th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus in March. In July they got 5-8th at second Major,

ESL One Cologne 2016 ESL One Cologne 2016, also known as ESL Cologne Major 2016 or Cologne 2016, was an Electronic Sports League Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the ninth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship and was held at ...

. Karrigan transferred to

on October 19, 2016. After leaving

in 2019 to join

with mixed results he transferred back to

as a free agent when his

contract expired in February 2021. Karrigan won his first CS:GO Major at that age of 32 during the

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from May 9 to 22, 2022. Twenty ...

, becoming the oldest player to do so.

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* {{Twitter Danish esports players Counter-Strike players Astralis players Team SoloMid players Dignitas (esports) players Mousesports players FaZe Clan players Fnatic players Living people People from Aarhus People from Copenhagen Copenhagen Business School alumni Danish people of German descent 1990 births