Friberg (gamer)

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.

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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
CS:GO Major champion (Cologne 2014) 2x HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year (2013-2014) HLTV Major MVP (Cologne 2014)

Career

Counter-Strike

Friberg began his professional esports career in 2009 playing for Games4u.se in Counter-Strike: Source.^[2]

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 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

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".