When it comes to names deserving recognition in the legendary hall of Na`Vi, particularly in the CIS region, Ioann “Edward” Sukhariev is undoubtedly a prime candidate. He began his professional CS career in 2004 and was dubbed the “Pistol King” for his outstanding highlight plays. In 2009, he joined Na`Vi, and over nearly a decade donning the Yellow-Black colors, Edward and his teammates achieved numerous prestigious titles such as the ESL One New York 2016 championship, StarSeries & i-League Season 5 and Season 7 championships, ESL One: Cologne 2018 championship, along with two second-place finishes at Major MLG: Columbus 2016 and FACEIT: Major London 2018. Personally, he has appeared three times in the list of the top 20 players of the year as voted by HLTV: #16 in 2013, #15 in 2011, and #5 in 2010.
In May 2019, Edward moved to the bench to make way for the young talent QBF Boombl4 and he transferred to play for Winstrike on loan. After four months of not-so-successful performances, he returned to the Na`Vi bench in September 2019 and has not played since. However, yesterday Edward officially returned to the professional scene wearing the Seclectah jersey, a newly formed team consisting of former players from the CIS region. His teammates include names like tappa, a former member of Hell and kill; smike, a former member of pro100; and Kvik, a former member of QBF, a team that reached the top 8 at the ELEAGUE Boston Major.
The first tournament that Edward and his teammates participated in is the CTRL PLAY League, a CS:GO tournament for teams in the CIS region featuring strong contenders like Gambit Youngsters, Hard Legion, and Vega Squadron Academy, with a total prize pool of 2,000,000 Rub (~$30,000 USD); however, Seclectah was unable to advance past the first qualifying round, facing teams like FLuffy Gangsters and Cyber Legacy. The second qualifying round of this tournament will take place in a few days, and we hope Edward and his teammates will achieve good results to secure a spot in the main event of the tournament.
The current lineup of Seclectah is:
Ioann “Edward” Sukhariev
Aurimas “Kvik” Kvaksis
Sergey “smike” Sklyarenko
Roman “tappa” Medvedev
Akashi