valens

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Player Information

Name:

Soham Chowdhury

Birth:

August 24, 1989 (1989-08-24)

Nationality:

United States

Status:

Active

Years Active (Player):

2012 – 2015

Years Active (Coach):

2016 – 2019

Team:

Cloud9

Role:

Coach

Approx. Total Winnings:

$17,067

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

2014-07-30 – 2014-12-01

savage

2014-12-01 – 2015-01-14

LunatiK eSports

2015-01-14 – 2015-04-07

Denial eSports

2015-04-07 – 2015-07-27

Nihilum Gaming

2015-07-27 – 2015-08-24

Maximum Effort

2015-08-24 – 2015-11-27

compLexity Gaming

2016-01-19 – 2017-01-??

Team SoloMid (Coach)

2017-02-03 – 2019-03-22

Cloud9 (Coach)

2019-03-22 – 2019-05-03

Cloud9 (Organization)

2019-05-03 – 2019-07-02

Cloud9 (Coach)

2019-07-02 – Present

Cloud9 (Organization)

Soham "valens" Chowdhury (born August 24, 1989), is a former American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and coach.

Professional career

He initially retired from competitive play after his time in compLexity Gaming to focus on his career at Google , but returned two months later as the coach of TSM. After a year with them, he joined Cloud9, whom he has coached for 2 years, although he did take a 2-month break in March, 2019.

Achievements

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Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2018-11-23	A77 - 8th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 6 - Finals		0 : 2		$35,000
2018-11-03	A55th	A2A-Tier	Offline		BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018		2/0/3	Grp. S.	$10,000
2015-11-19	A55th	A1S-Tier	Online		ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - North America		12/10	Grp. S.	$13,000
2015-06-22	A66th	A1S-Tier	Online		ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - North America		13/9	Grp. S.	$11,500
2015-04-18	A55 - 6th	A1S-Tier	Offline		ESEA Season 18 - Global Invite Division		0 : 2		$7,000
2015-04-15	A33rd	A2A-Tier	Online/Offline		CEVO Season 6 Professional		0 : 2		$1,758
2014-10-26	A11st	A3B-Tier	Online		ESEA Season 17: Premier Division - North America		2 : 0		$3,000
2014-10-24	A33rd - 4th	A2A-Tier	Online		John Wick Invitational		0 : 2		$2,500
2014-07-27	A22nd	A4C-Tier	Online		FACEIT - NA Championship 2014		2 - 16		$400
2013-08-25	A44th	A4C-Tier	Online		ESEA Season 14: Main Division - North America		13 - 16		$600
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2019-01-27	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational 2019		1 : 2		$40,000
2018-02-11	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline		cs_summit 2		2 : 3		$33,750
2018-01-28	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018		2 : 1		$500,000
2017-11-18	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XII - Oakland		0 : 2		$28,000
2017-11-12	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline		iBUYPOWER Masters 2017		2 : 0		$50,000
2017-10-12	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017		1 : 2		$70,000
2017-07-09	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline		ESL One: Cologne 2017		0 : 3		$40,000
2017-06-25	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals		0 : 2		$65,000
2017-06-11	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline		Americas Minor Championship - Kraków 2017		2 : 1		$30,000
2016-06-26	A33rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals		0 : 2		$80,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Trivia

• Was the first North American coach to win a Valve sponsored major.