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American professional Counter-Strike player
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EliGE
Current team
TeamFaZe Clan
RoleRifler, Opener
Games
Personal information
NameJonathan Jablonowski
Born (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27)
NationalityAmerican
Career information
Playing career2013–present
RoleEntry Fragger, Rifler
Team history
2014Justus Pro
2015Elevate
2015–2023Team Liquid
2023–2024Complexity Gaming
2025–presentFaZe Clan
Career highlights and awards


Jonathan Jablonowski, better known as EliGE is an American professional Counter-Strike 2 player. Currently playing for FaZe Clan, he is considered to be one of the greatest North American Counter-Strike players of all time. On July 7th, 2019, Jablonowski along with four of his teammates to win an Intel Grand Slam in a record 63 days.

Personal life

Jonathan was born in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1997. He has a big family and grew up with an older brother and sister and a twin sister. He is of Polish descent.. Moreover, he has enjoyed video games since the time he was four. During that period, his brother played games quite often. So, EliGE wanted to play the same games as his older brother and become better than him. He claims that this rivalry at a young age made him as competitive as he is today.

However, gaming wasn’t the only thing he wanted to be perfect at. EliGE was also quite good at school – he was even a valedictorian at a graduation ceremony and was named a scholar of the year

Individual awards and accolades

Rankings

  • HLTV Top 20 Players: 12th (2017), 15th (2018), 4th (2019), 8th (2020), 19th (2021), 19th (2024)

MVP

  • DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019
  • ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals
  • IEM Chicago 2019
  • ESL Pro League Season 11 North America

Other awards

  • Intel Grand Slam Season 2 Winner

References

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  2. "//WAVE// EliGE & Bjergsen: NA's Greatests". teamliquid.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  3. "EliGE: It will take a lot longer than I thought before NA CS:GO recovers and gets better - Pley". 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  4. "Liquid scoop $1 million Intel Grand Slam Season 2 prize".
  5. "https://bo3.gg/articles/the-history-of-elige". bo3.gg. Retrieved 2025-01-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. Madison (2021-02-25). "Story of EliGE, Team Liquid (ex Team Elevate)". eSportsBFF.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  7. Writer, Staff. "Jablonowski named Scholar of the Year". Tri-County Independent. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  8. "Top 20 players of 2017: EliGE (12)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  9. "Top 20 players of 2018: EliGE (15)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  10. "Top 20 players of 2019: EliGE (4)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  11. "Top 20 players of 2020: EliGE (8)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  12. "Top 20 players of 2021: EliGE (19)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  13. "Top 20 players of 2024: EliGE (19)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  14. "EliGE claims DreamHack Masters Dallas MVP award". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  15. "EliGE wins EPL Season 9 Finals MVP award". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  16. "EliGE wins IEM Chicago MVP award". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  17. "EliGE wins ESL Pro League S11 NA MVP award". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  18. "Liquid scoop $1 million Intel Grand Slam Season 2 prize". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  19. "Liquid complete the Intel Grand Slam in record 63 days - ESL". esl.com. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2025-01-25.


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