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Karrigan
Image
Karrigan at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Current team
TeamTeam Falcons
RoleIn-Game Leader
GameCounter-Strike 2
Personal information
NameFinn Andersen
Born (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 36)
NationalityDanish, German
Career information
Games
Playing career2006–present
Team history
2012Fnatic
2012–2013mousesports
2013Fnatic
2014Copenhagen Wolves
2014–2015Team Dignitas
2015Team SoloMid
2016Astralis
2016–2019FaZe Clan
2019–2021mousesports
2021–2026FaZe Clan
2026–Team Falcons
Career highlights and awards

Finn Andersen (born 14 April 1990),[1] better known as karrigan, is a Danish-German professional Counter-Strike 2 player and in-game leader who plays for Team Falcons.[2] He has also played for other teams including Fnatic, Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid, Astralis, Mousesports and FaZe Clan. Andersen was a founding member of Astralis, a player-owned team established in 2015.[3][4] He began playing competitively in 2006 during the Counter-Strike 1.6 era.[4] He is widely considered to be one of the best in-game leaders in Counter-Strike history.[5][6][7][8]

Early and personal life

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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 5 November 2010, he joined Full-Gaming, whose teammates included Michael "Friis" Jørgensen and Timm "ArcadioN" Henriksen.[9]

In 2015 he finished a Master's Degree in business administration and auditing from Copenhagen Business School.[2] He currently resides in Aarhus.[2]

On 19 November 2024, Karrigan announced the death of his brother on Twitter prior to the qualifying tournament for the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024.[10]

Career

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Karrigan joined fnatic on 25 March 2012 and won various tournaments with the team.[9] With the advent of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, he joined mousesports later that year, stating "the offer they gave me was really good, and I felt like the Fnatic lineup did not have what it took to be great in CS:GO".[9]

Karrigan left Copenhagen Wolves and joined the Denmark-based roster of North American organization Team SoloMid.[9][11]

On January 25, 2015, Team SoloMid picked up Team Dignitas' CS roster.[12] In July SoloMid placed 3-4th the year's second Major, ESL One Cologne 2015. In October TSM got 5-8th at the last Major, DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.

TSM's CS:GO roster left the organization on 3 December 2015, amid internal troubles.[13] For the next few tournaments the team competed under the name "Team Question Mark".

Astralis

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On 9 January 2016, Team Question Mark unveiled the new organization they created, Astralis, because of a desire to have a "stable environment" in eSports.[14] The organization was registered as an Anpartsselskab (ApS) and received venture capital from Sunstone Capital, and is angel invested by entrepreneur Tommy Ahlers.[15][16]

On 5 June 2016, he was denied entry into the United States to compete in the group stage of ELeague Season 1 due to new rules regarding Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) travel because he had been to Iran within the last five years.[17] During the matches he missed, the team used coach Danny "Zonic" Sørensen in his place.[18] Astralis placed 3-4th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus in March. In July they got 5-8th at second Major, ESL One Cologne 2016.

FaZe Clan

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Karrigan transferred to FaZe Clan on 19 October 2016.[19] He would leave FaZe Clan in 2019 to join Mousesports.[20] After mixed results with the team, he would transfer back to FaZe as a free agent when his Mousesports contract expired in February 2021.[21][22][23]

A year after he joined FaZe Clan, he won IEM Katowice 2022, beating G2 Esports 3-0.[24] Later that year, he would lead his team to win his first CS:GO Major at the age of 32 during the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, becoming the oldest player to do so at the time.[25][26]

In 26 March 2023, he won ESL Pro League Season 17.[27]

In 2024, Karrigan would again lead FaZe Clan to the finals of both of the 2024 majors, PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, but would lose both finals.[28][29]

After losing to The MongolZ in the quarterfinals of the Austin Major 2025,[30] he once again finished as a runner-up in a major with a revamped FaZe Clan roster at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, losing the final to Team Vitality 1-3.[31] FaZe Clan would proceed to miss out on qualifying for the Cologne Major 2026 entirely after a drop in form, marking the first time the organization failed to make a Major.[32] On 20 April 2026, Karrigan would leave FaZe Clan for the second time.[33]

Team Falcons

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On 12 April 2026, rumours began circulating that Karrigan was slated to join Team Falcons, replacing Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski as the team's in-game leader.[34] Eight days later, on 20 April 2026, Team Falcons would officially announce his signing in time for the Cologne Major, as well as the benching of kyxsan.[33][35] At Cologne, Falcons would finish 3–1 in Stage 3, only losing their 1–0 match against BetBoom, before defeating defending champions Vitality in the Quarterfinals and Team Spirit in the Semifinals, both with 2–1 map scorelines. Falcons would defeat FURIA in the Grand Final in a 3–0 sweep to win their first Major title and Karrigan's second, becoming the oldest to win the Major once again at age 36, surpassing apEX’s previous record.

References

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  1. ↑ @FaZeClan (14 April 2018). "Happy 28th Birthday to @karriganCSGO! 🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 3 "25-årige Finn lever fedt af at spille computerspil". DR.dk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "karrigan (Finn Andersen) - Player Counter-Strike (CS2), FaZe Clan". EGamersWorld. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 "karrigan - biography, career and interesting facts". esportfire.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Refrag | karrigan – Profile Of A Legend". Refrag | Play Smarter. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "karrigan, CS 2 - player biography, awards, matches, statistics — Escorenews". escorenews.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Finn «karrigan» Andersen CS:GO, player biography, matches, statistics". ggscore.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Who is Karrigan? CS2 Player Profile – Esports News Network | ESTNN". estnn.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Karrigan: Turning TSM around - 1337 Magazine". 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Karrigan reveals tragic loss of brother before major esports qualification event". The Express Tribune. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Official: CPH Wolves change three". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Team SoloMid pick up dignitas". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Team SoloMid's Counter-Strike team leaves org, seeks European franchise". The Daily Dot. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Team Question Mark form Astralis". Retrieved 13 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  15. ↑ "? create own organization *". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Astralis". EU-Startups. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Astralis captain Karrigan is denied visa waiver to the U.S." The Daily Dot. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "Astralis to use coach Zonic in place of Karrigan for ELEAGUE bow". The Daily Dot. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams Astralis and FaZe Clan transfer karrigan to FaZe before ELeague Season 2". 19 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Official: mousesports complete roster with new trio". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  21. ↑ "karrigan returns to FaZe". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "karrigan leaves mousesports". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  23. ↑ "CSGO: Karrigan Reveals His Reasons for Leaving Mousesports and Joining Faze". EssentiallySports. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  24. ↑ "G2 vs FaZe at IEM Katowice 2022". HLTV.org. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  25. ↑ "karrigan: "I'm stronger than I was in Boston and I think that showed today"". HLTV.org. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  26. ↑ "Karrigan becomes the oldest CS:GO Major winner with PGL Antwerp win". The Loadout. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  27. ↑ "FaZe win Intel Grand Slam Season 4". HLTV.org. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  28. ↑ "NAVI beat FaZe to win PGL Major Copenhagen". HLTV.org. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  29. ↑ "Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024". HLTV.org. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  30. ↑ "The MongolZ withstand crowd favorites FaZe to make semi-finals". HLTV.org. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  31. ↑ "Vitality beat FaZe 3-1 to become back-to-back Major champions in Budapest". HLTV.org. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  32. ↑ Popkes, Samuel (5 April 2026). "FaZe miss out on IEM Cologne Major after HLC Belgrade loss; SINNERS qualify". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  33. 1 2 "Falcons confirm karrigan signing". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  34. ↑ "Media: karrigan to join Falcons". HLTV.org. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  35. ↑ "Falcons bench kyxsan". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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