Born:
August 13, 1986 (age 39)
Years Active (Player):
2003 – 2016
Years Active (Org):
2016 – 2017
Years Active (Coach):
2019 – 2020
Approx. Total Winnings:
$80,780
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| 2019-01-27 — 2019-03-03 | SWOLE(Trial Coach) |
| 2019-04-04 — 2019-08-29 | Lazarus(Coach) |
Daniel "fRoD" Montaner (born August 13, 1986) is a retired American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike coach, manager and player who is most known for his time in Complexity Gaming and Evil Geniuses. In 2016, fRoD made a short lasting transition to Overwatch where he represented FaZe Clan, later becoming their esports manager for a year before returning to Counter-Strike to coach Swole Patrol. On May 7, 2020, he retired and switched to VALORANT after getting signed by T1 as their head coach.
Professional Career
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- As Player
- As Coach
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| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize |
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| 2010-09-06 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | MSI Beat IT! 2010 | | 2 : 1 | | $15,000 |
| 2009-12-13 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | IEM IV American Championship Finals | | 2 : 0 | | $15,000 |
| 2009-09-12 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | GameGune Mexico 2009 | | 2 : 0 | | $17,986.74 |
| 2007-12-09 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | CGS 2007 Individual Tournament | | 10 : 6 | | $25,000 |
| 2007-09-30 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | DigitalLife 2007 | | 16 : 4 | | $10,000 |
| 2006-07-23 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | Championship Gaming Invitational 2006 | | 10 : 5 | | $50,000 |
| 2006-07-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | CPL Summer 2006 | | 2 : 0 | | $40,000 |
| 2006-05-03 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | WEG Masters 2006 | | 0 : 2 | | $20,000 |
| 2006-03-26 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | GGL/ClanBase Trans-Atlantic Showdown | | 2 : 1 | | $17,500 |
| 2005-07-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | ESWC 2005 | | 16 : 6 | | $40,000 |
| Extended list of results |
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- He was nominated for 'eSports Player of the Year' 2005, as well as for the 'North American Player of the Decade' for 2000 - 2010.
- Was ranked the 14th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [1]
- He previously worked at a bank during his hiatus after leaving United5 before re-joining compLexity Gaming from late 2013 to late 2015.
- When his longtime teammate Warden got married in November 2015, fRoD served as one of his groomsmen along with Storm. [2]