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zonic 
Personal Information
Name:
Danny Selim Sørensen
Born:
July 30, 1986
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2003 – 2012
2015 – 2016
2015 – 2016
Years Active (Coach):
2015
2016 – Present
2016 – Present
Team:
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$117,311
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2003-??-?? – 2003-04-30
2003-04-30 – 2003-11-05
2003-11-05 – 2004-??-??
2004-??-?? – 2004-??-??
2004-??-?? – 2004-??-??
2005-??-?? – 2005-03-06
2005-03-06 – 2005-05-05
2005-04-17 – 2005-05-05
SK Gaming (Loan)
2005-05-05 – 2005-08-26
2005-08-27 – 2005-09-06
2005-09-06 – 2006-01-04
2006-01-04 – 2007-12-17
2007-12-17 – 2011-11-02
2011-12-08 – 2012-03-17
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2015-07-29 – 2015-12-10
Team Dignitas (Coach)
2015-12-10 – 2016-01-04
2016-01-04 – 2016-01-18
? (Coach)
2016-01-18 – 2021-11-04
Astralis (Coach)
2021-11-04 – Present
Astralis (Inactive Coach)
Danny "zonic" Sørensen (born July 30, 1986) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach and a retired professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike player.
Arguably the greatest Danish Counter-Strike player of all time, zonic had huge success with several Danish teams, winning around $110,000 in prize money. He was one of the founding members of the legendary mTw.dk, one of the most dominant Counter-Strike teams in history. He retired as teams started transitioning over to Global Offensive, and joined Team Dignitas as a coach in July 2015 before returning to active play for mTw. [1] After an unsuccessful return as a player, he joined Team Questionmark as a coach. He founded Astralis with the rest of the players in January 2016, and has since then helped them to become one of the greatest teams in Global Offensive. [2][3]
Achievements[edit]
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| 2010-06-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | 
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DreamHack Summer 2010 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$7,814.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-03-05 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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IEM III European Championship Finals |
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1 : 0 | 
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$25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-11-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Cyber Games 2008 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-11-02 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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WEM 2008 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$30,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-07-06 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Paris |
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16 - 6 | 
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$12,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008-05-11 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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KODE5 2008 |
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2 : 0 |
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$25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-10-07 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Cyber Games 2007 | 
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0 : 2 | 
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$25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-07-08 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESWC 2007 |
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1 : 2 | 
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$24,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-02-19 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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shgOpen 2006 |
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16 - 12 |
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$15,980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-07-10 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESWC 2005 |
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6 - 16 | 
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$26,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019-12-14 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | 
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BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$350,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-09-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-03-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals |
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3 : 1 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-25 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Esports Championship Series Season 6 - Finals |
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2 : 0 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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FACEIT Major: London 2018 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 |
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2 : 0 |
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-06-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Esports Championship Series Season 5 - Finals |
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2 : 0 |
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-05-20 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals |
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3 : 1 |
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Was ranked the 8th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [4]
- Was named Coach of the Year in the 2019 Esports Awards. [5]
- Was named the MVP of DreamHack Summer 2010 by HLTV. [6]
- Worked for HLTV as a writer from early March to July 1, 2008. [7]
- Wrote an autobiography titled "ZONIC - The Astralis Story: eSports’ incredible journey from dingy basements to sold-out arenas". [8]
Highlights[edit]
- 2010-10-15 | zonic vs Millenium by ERROR of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season V European Championship Finals
- 2010-10-29 | zonic vs DTS.chatrix by MIRAA of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season V European Championship Finals
- 2011-04-24 | zonic vs fnatic by ERROR of HLTV at Xperia PLAY 2011 at Copenhagen Games
- 2011-06-03 | zonic vs Maverick by ERROR of HLTV at LUOPGAMES 2011
- 2011-06-21 | zonic vs M5 by Addone of HLTV at DreamHack Summer 2011
- 2011-08-20 | zonic vs mousesports by ZMX of HLTV at World eSports Games: e-Stars 2011
- 2012-08-07 | zonic vs mibr by athid of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season III Global Challenge Dubai
Interviews[edit]
2005-10-07 | zonic Speaks Out by Mango^ of HLTV at Fnatic Allstar Games
- 2006-02-02 | NoA|zonic speaks out by Scout_Fear of HLTV at shgOpen 2006
- 2007-07-08 | Zonic: "We definitely believe we can do this!" by Martin of HLTV at Electronic Sports World Cup 2007
- 2008-11-25 | zonic - "100% ready for Dreamhack" by valde111 of HLTV
- 2010-06-22 | ave & zonic talks DH victory by HLTV at DreamHack Summer 2010
- 2010-10-03 | zonic: "We are clearly prepared" by MIRAA of HLTV at World Cyber Games 2010
- 2012-03-05 | Pre-IEM6 WC interview with zonic by nix0n of HLTV at IEM Hannover 2012
- 2016-07-06 | Interview with Astralis Zonic at #ESLOne by highlightGG at ESL One: Cologne 2016
- 2016-09-30 | zonic: "We had a way better CT side" by stich of HLTV at ESL One: New York 2016
- 2017-01-28 | zonic: "These two additions [gla1ve & the sport psychologist] have been the best thing that could have happened to the team" by Ding1 of Fragbite at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-11-01 | Zonic: "You really have to be on the same page with your players" by Aleksei.L of Cybersport.com at EPICENTER 2017
- 2017-12-15 | Astralis Xyp9x: 'We still don't know if dev1ce will be ready for the Major' by Dennis Gonzales; Daniel Rosen of theScore esports at ECS Season 4 Finals
- 2018-03-03 | Astralis zonic on What Separates Him From Other Coaches in CS:GO by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at IEM Katowice 2018
- 2018-06-08 | zonic: "[The event schedule] is getting out of hand" by Yossarian of HLTV at ECS Season 5 Finals
- 2018-07-05 | zonic: "We want to be 100% prepared for every tournament we attend" by Professeur of HLTV at ESL One Cologne 2018
- 2018-08-31 | zonic: "I don't know if it's the player break that has done something to us; people feel a bit off" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018
- 2018-09-01 | Astralis zonic interview after QF win @ DreamHack Stockholm 2018 by Esports.com at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018
- 2018-11-13 | Zonic: “I’m really blessed as a coach to have these guys under me” by Lawrence Tyler Esguerra of Daily Esports at IEM Chicago 2018
- 2019-02-27 | zonic: "Any changes to the game do not benefit us at the moment" by Professeur of HLTV at IEM Major Katowice 2019
- 2019-03-04 | Astralis' zonic on success, coaching, ENCE, & more by Taras Bortnik of VPEsports at IEM Major Katowice 2019
- 2019-04-13 | zonic: "We have a deep playbook and it worked out even if we had a bit of a rocky start" by LucasAM of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: Miami 2019
- 2019-09-07 | zonic: "We have to forget about how we played [NRG] in the group stage" by Striker of HLTV at StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
- 2019-09-12 | zonic in the winner's seat by James Banks of StarLadder at StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
- 2019-09-27 | Astralis Coach Zonic, "Probably one of the best feelings we've had of the four majors we have won" by Max Mallow of DBLTAP at ESL One: New York 2019
- 2020-02-28 | ZONIC: Astralis were SCARED by James Banks of Dexerto at IEM Katowice 2020
Gallery[edit]
zonic coaching Astralis at IEM Cologne 2021
zonic coaching Astralis at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals
zonic coaching Astralis at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019
zonic coaching Astralis at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018
zonic coaching Team Dignitas at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015
zonic at IEM New York 2011 with mTw
References[edit]
- ↑ MIRAA (2015-07-29). "zonic joins dignitas as coach". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2016-01-04). "zonic joins questionmark as coach". HLTV.
- ↑ "Team Questionmark becomes Astralis". Astralis. 2016-01-18.
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2011-01-13). "Top 20 players of 2010: zonic (8)". HLTV.
- ↑ "The winner of the Esports Coach of the Year in association with @MaikaiCph is @zonic". Esports Awards. 2019-11-17.
- ↑ MIRAA (2010-06-22). "zonic named DH Summer MVP". HLTV.
- ↑ Nix0n (2008-07-10). "HLTV and zonic part ways". HLTV.
- ↑ VoltiX (2020-06-26). "zonic's autobiography published in English". HLTV.
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