Darshan Upadhyaya

Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American League of Legends player who played professionally from 2012–2023. He is most known for his four-and-a-half-year tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014 to May 2019, a time during which CLG and ZionSpartan made both the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship.^[1][2] ZionSpartan and CLG also won the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split.^[3] From the start of his career to November 2015, Upadhyaya played under the screenname ZionSpartan; from November 2015–2019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan.^[4][5]

NameDarshan Upadhyaya

Born (1994-11-12) November 12, 1994 (age 31)

NationalityCanadian–American

GameLeague of Legends

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Upadhyaya in 2016
Personal information
Name	Darshan Upadhyaya
Born	(1994-11-12) November 12, 1994 (age 31)
Nationality	Canadian–American
Career information
Game	League of Legends
Playing career	2012–2023
Role	Top laner
Team history
2012	Monomaniac eSports
2012–2013	Team Dynamic
2013	Good Game University
2013–2014	Team Coast
2014	Team Dignitas
2015–2019	Counter Logic Gaming
2019–2020	GGS Academy
2021–2022	Cloud9 Academy
2023	100 Thieves Challengers
Career highlights and awards
2× NA LCS champion

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Darshan was elected the inaugural president of the LCS Players Association in 2018, a loose union-like advocacy organization that represents the interests of contracted players in the LCS, and held that that position until 2022 or 2023.^[6]