Karrigan
Danish esports player
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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]
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| Karrigan | |
|---|---|
Karrigan at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | |
| Current team | |
| Team | Team Falcons |
| Role | In-Game Leader |
| Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Finn Andersen |
| Born | 14 April 1990 |
| Nationality | Danish, German |
| Career information | |
| Games | |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Team history | |
| 2012 | Fnatic |
| 2012–2013 | mousesports |
| 2013 | Fnatic |
| 2014 | Copenhagen Wolves |
| 2014–2015 | Team Dignitas |
| 2015 | Team SoloMid |
| 2016 | Astralis |
| 2016–2019 | FaZe Clan |
| 2019–2021 | mousesports |
| 2021–2026 | FaZe Clan |
| 2026– | Team Falcons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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 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
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
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
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
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, as well as the benching of kyxsan.[33][35]
