Coldzera

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coldzera in 2020
Current team
TeamRED Canids
RoleRifler (lurker)
Games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike 2
Personal information
NameMarcelo Augusto David
Nickname(s)Cold
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 29)
Nationality Brazilian
Career information
Playing career2014–present
Team history
2014–2015Dexterity Team
2015–2016 Luminosity Gaming
2016–2018 SK Gaming
2018–2019 MIBR
2019–2021 FaZe Clan
2021 Complexity Gaming
2022–202300 Nation
2023Fake Natty
2023–2024Legacy
2024–presentRED Canids
Career highlights and awards

Marcelo Augusto David (born 31 October 1994), [1] better known as coldzera, is a Brazilian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for RED Canids and a former professional Counter Strike: Global Offensive player. He was named the best CS:GO player in both 2016 and 2017 by CS:GO news website HLTV. [2] [3]

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Career

In August 2015, coldzera was signed by Luminosity Gaming, his first contract. [4] His first tournament for the new team was ESL One Cologne 2015, [5] where he managed to get his team through the group stage to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. [6]

In 2016, they managed to get out of the group stage in every tournament they participated in, bar one, with two finals appearances. However, it was not until April that they were able to win their first tournament: MLG Columbus 2016. Coldzera was selected as the Most Valuable Player for the tournament, making him the first Brazilian win the award at a Major. [7] After this, his team won two more tournaments for the Luminosity organization: DreamHack Austin and ESL Pro League Season 3. The team's last tournament for the organization was ECS Season 1, where they finished second, losing to the G2 Esports team. [8] In July 2016 the five players who played for Luminosity Gaming were hired by the organization SK Gaming. [9]

The team's first championship for the new organization was ESL One: Cologne 2016 in July, just days after the acquisition by SK Gaming was announced. Again, the team managed to take first place, becoming a two-time Major winning roster, a feat that only the Swedish Fnatic team and the French LDLC/EnVyUs lineup had ever achieved. Coldzera again took the tournament's MVP award. [7] As a result of these performances and the team's dominance, coldzera was ranked as the top player in the world by HLTV in both 2016 and 2017. [10]

On June 23, 2018, coldzera, Fer, FalleN, Stewie2K and boltz were signed by Made In Brazil, with a lineup that had only formed shortly before moving to the new team, with boltz and Stewie2k replacing TACO and felps. Without much success, tarik joined the team and boltz left the team, but even still with this lineup, cold and his team only won the 2018 ZOTAC Cup Masters, and did not achieve expected levels of performance. Then, on December 21, 2018, the organization announced the return of TACO, felps and zews. With this line, coldzera stood out individually, but that was not enough to yield great achievements as his team did not work collectively, but this individual highlight earned him the tenth position in the top 20 best players in the world in 2018, according to HLTV.org. [11]

On July 12, 2019, it was confirmed by MIBR that coldzera would go to the team bench [12] and zews would provisionally take his place, eventually playing the Major in Germany. On September 25, coldzera officially left MIBR and was transferred to FaZe Clan. [13]

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. ↑ Müller, Alexander (2016). "SK Bid Farewell to Coach zews". SK Gaming. Archived from the original on September 30, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Top 20 players of 2016: coldzera (1)". HLTV.org.
  3. 1 2 "Top 20 players of 2017: coldzera (1)". HLTV.org.
  4. ↑ "Cold set to join ex-Keyd Stars". HLTV.org.
  5. ↑ "Luminosity sign ex-Keyd Stars, ready to attend Cologne! - Articles - Luminosity Gaming | Professional Esports Organization". luminosity.gg. Archived from the original on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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  11. 1 2 "Top 20 players of 2018: coldzera (10)". HLTV.org.
  12. ↑ "coldzera benched, "The collective is above any individuality or necessity that goes against it."". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  13. ↑ "FaZe Clan signs coldzera". September 26, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Coldzera player profile".
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