At the age of 36, Ioann Edward Sukhariev announced the end of his professional Counter-Strike playing career. He was the last active esports athlete of the legendary 2010 Natus Vincere lineup. Sukhariev confirmed this information to the HLTV portal.
Edward has been on the professional CS scene for over 20 years. During this period, he won many major trophies in CS 1.6 and CS:GO. The Ukrainian esports athlete earned over $700,000 in prize money.
NAVI 2010
Edward was also part of the legendary Natus Vincere team, which dominated the pro scene in 2010. They became the first team to win the IEM IV World Championship, ESWC, and WCG - three tournaments unofficially considered majors in CS 1.6 - all in one year. NAVI added another "major" victory at the IEM V World Championship the following year.
Earlier, Sukhariev announced that he was expecting a child and would take a staff position at ESC Gaming. You can read more about this in the article.
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