valens

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Person Information

Name:

Soham Chowdhury

Birth:

August 24, 1989 (1989-08-24)

Nationality:

United States

Status:

Active

Years Active (Player):

2012 – 2015
2020 – Present

Years Active (Coach):

2016 – 2019

Team:

ImPerium Esports
Evil Geniuses

Role:

In-game leader

Approx. Total Winnings:

$17,687

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 (Data Scientist)

2019-05-03 – 2019-07-02

Cloud9 (Coach)

2019-07-02 – 2019-10-16

Cloud9 (Data Scientist)

2019-11-06 – Present

EG (Data Scientist)

2020-01-?? – 2020-08-20

Savage

2020-08-20 – 2020-12-14

ex-Recon 5

2021-01-11 – 2021-01-13

GSG9

2021-01-13 – Present

ImPerium Esports

Soham "valens" Chowdhury (born August 24, 1989) is an American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for ImPerium Esports and former coach who works as the head of data science for Evil Geniuses.

Achievements

• As Player
• As Coach
• As Talent
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Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2020-09-13	A22nd	A4C-Tier	Online		Mythic League FPL Cup #1		0 : 2		$1,000
2020-07-05	A22nd	A4C-Tier	Online		La Liga Season 3: Norte & Centro Pro Division - Apertura		1 : 2		$1,100
2018-11-23	A7A87th - 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	A5A65th - 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	A3A43rd - 4th	A2A-Tier	Online		John Wick Invitational		0 : 2		$2,500
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	A3A43rd - 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	A3A43rd - 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	A3A43rd - 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	A3A43rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline		Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals		0 : 2		$80,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Tier	Tournament		Position	Partner List
2019-10-31	A2A-Tier		Esports Championship Series Season 8 - North America	Commentator	Fifflaren  James Bardolph  Rambo  da_bears  ddk  seang@res
2019-10-31	A2A-Tier		Esports Championship Series Season 8 - Europe	Commentator	Fifflaren  James Bardolph  Rambo  da_bears  ddk  seang@res
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament

Trivia

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