CadiaN
Danish professional Counter-Strike player
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Casper Møller, known professionally as cadiaN, is a Danish professional Counter-Strike 2 player who presently plays for OG.
| cadiaN | |
|---|---|
| Current team | |
| Team | OG |
| Role |
|
| Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Casper Møller |
| Born | 1994 or 1995 (age 30–31)[1] Haderslev, Denmark |
| Team history | |
| 2016–2017 | Rogue |
| 2017–2018 | Rogue |
| 2018–2019 | North |
| 2019–2020 | Heroic |
| 2020 | FunPlus Phoenix |
| 2020–2023 | Heroic |
| 2023–2024 | Team Liquid |
| 2024–2025 | Astralis |
| 2025– | OG |
Early life
Born in Haderslev,[2] Møller grew up playing football and wanting to become a professional handballer; however, an injury saw him withdraw from the sport, where he then began to play video games.[3][4]
Career
After playing for the American esports organisation Rogue, cadiaN left in 2018, moving to the Denmark-based organisation North.[5] At North, he spent five months on the bench, and joined TV 2 Zulu's Counter-Strike coverage.[6]
CadiaN joined Heroic in 2019, where he became the team's in-game leader.[7] The team won ESL One Cologne in the summer of 2020, rising to one of the top teams in the world.[8] In August 2020, the team came under investigation for cheating following the team's coach abusing a bug.[9] After more than a year of investigating, the rest of the team was cleared of wrongdoing.[10] His time at Heroic was briefly interrupted at time spent with FunPlus Phoenix, who attempted to purchase the team before the deal fell through.[6]
CadiaN was benched by Heroic in November 2023,[11] following a period of turmoil within the team.[12][13] Team Liquid announced on 7 December that they signed cadiaN.[14] After rumours began to circulate of Liquid benching him,[15] cadiaN was officially benched by the organisation in June 2024.[16] He later moved to Astralis, a rival organisation of Heroic, in September 2024.[17] During the 2024 Blast Fall Finals, Astralis was accused of faking the illness of a player, which allowed cadiaN to join the team as a substitute.[1] The team was deducted 25% of their prize money from the event.[1] After failing to qualify for the 2025 Austin Major, cadiaN was released by Astralis.[18]
Honours
Heroic
- ESL One Cologne: 2020[8]