karrigan exits FaZe

Finn “karrigan” Andersen has left FaZe Clan and signed with Team Falcons, ending his second run as FaZe’s Counter-Strike leader on April 20. (hltv.org) Falcons announced the move after benching Damjan “kyxsan” Stoilkovski, with HLTV reporting karrigan will take over the in-game leader role on a roster that includes Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov and René “TeSeS” Madsen. (hltv.org) FaZe’s farewell video for karrigan was also posted on YouTube, where the organization thanked him for “so many years” leading its Counter-Strike team and for helping deliver trophies and “legendary moments.” (youtube.com) The move lands days after FaZe failed to qualify for the IEM Cologne 2026 Major, which HLTV said was the organization’s first missed Counter-Strike Major since entering the game in 2016. (hltv.org) Karrigan’s exit closes one of FaZe’s most successful eras. Liquipedia credits him with returning to FaZe in February 2021 and becoming the first in-game leader to win a Major with an international lineup at PGL Major Antwerp in May 2022. (liquipedia.net) That history is part of why Falcons targeted him now. HLTV said Falcons reached seven grand finals after signing HEROIC’s core in January 2025 but won only one, PGL Bucharest, before replacing kyxsan with karrigan. (hltv.org) The signing also reunites karrigan with NiKo and coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen. In his post announcing the move, quoted by HLTV, karrigan said he was “reconnecting” with his “old brothers” NiKo and Danny and added, “Let’s make history.” (hltv.org) Liquipedia lists karrigan’s FaZe tenure as ending on April 20, 2026, with Team Falcons beginning the same day, a clean break that turns a week of transfer reports into an official roster reset for both teams. (liquipedia.net)