ShahZaM

Shahzeb Khan, better known as ShahZaM, is an American professional Valorant player for Sentinels.

ShahZaM
Current team
TeamSentinels
GameValorant
Personal information
NameShahzeb Khan
Born (1993-10-08) October 8, 1993
NationalityPakistani-American
Career information
GamesCounter-Strike
Valorant
Team history
2014Denial eSports
2014–2015Cloud9
2015Tempo Storm
2015Sponsorless
2015Conquest
2016OpTic Gaming
2016Echo Fox
2016–2017Team SoloMid
2017–2018Misfits Gaming
2018OpTic Gaming
2018–2019compLexity Gaming
2020–presentSentinels

Career history

On December 15, 2014, he joined Cloud9.[1]

Khan was central in uncovering the iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal, after he issued a statement confirming that the match at issue had been thrown.[2][3][4][5]

On April 13, 2016, he was released from OpTic Gaming.[6]

On May 19, 2016 Echo Fox replaced AWPer Mohamad "m0E" Assad who got promoted to general manager and picked up ShahZaM as replacement.[7]

On December 15, 2016, ShahZam and Sgares joined Team SoloMid.[8]

On January 17, 2017, ShahZam and the rest of the Team SoloMid roster are acquired by Misfits.[9]

On February 7, 2018, ShahZam joined OpTic Gaming.[10]

On April 27, 2018, ShahZam joined compLexity Gaming as an AWPer.[11]

On October 28, 2019, ShahZam was removed from the active roster of CompLexity Gaming. The announcement was made in the wake of Complexity's poor performance during the months prior, including their early elimination from the StarSeries Berlin Major. ShahZam later communicated on his Twitch stream that the team had struggled in large part due to the relative inexperience of many of the team's members, which included the then 16 year old Owen "oBo" Schlatter. ShahZam expressed frustration with not being able to focus on his primary role of AWPing due to constantly having to perform in-game duties that on a more experienced roster would have been able to take on.[12]

On November 26, 2019, ShahZam announced his free-agency via Twitter, bringing an official end to time with CompLexity Gaming. ShahZam also mentioned his eagerness to find a new team as quickly as possible.[13]

On April 28, 2020, ShahZaM signed with Sentinels, officially making the switch over to Valorant.[14]

Tournament results

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major or a VALORANT Champions

Cloud9


Conquest

OpTic Gaming

Echo Fox

Misfits Gaming

Sentinels

Interview

“Lot of bad comms cost us the game”: Sentinels’ ShahZaM after losing to Team Liquid at Valorant Champions By Pratiti Dhang Of Sportskeeda

References
  1. "Cloud9 add ShahZaM; Hiko out". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. "ex-iBP Unbanned from ESEA League; Updated cheating rules developed". ESEA. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. Grayson, Nathan. "Pro Teams Implicated In Huge Counter-Strike Match Fixing Scandal". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  4. "Valve bans seven CS:GO pro players from tournament play for match fixing". pcgamer. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  5. "New evidence of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match fixing". pcgamer. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  6. "OpTic bring in mixwell, ShahZaM out". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. "ShahZam Officially Joins Echo Fox Roster". Echo Fox. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  8. "TSM brings seangares and ShahZam to the fold ahead of 2017". Dot Esports. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  9. "Misfits acquires TSM's former CS:GO roster". Dot Esports. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  10. "OpTic CS:GO 2018". OpTic Gaming. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  11. "compLexity Welcomes Stanislaw and ShahZaM". compLexity Gaming. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  12. "CSGO: COMPLEXITY RELEASE DEPHH, SHAHZAM BENCHED". compLexity Gaming. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  13. "SHAHZAM ANNOUNCES FREE AGENCY". Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  14. Ocal, Arda (April 28, 2020). "Sentinels announce four-member VALORANT roster including Sinatraa". ESPN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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