Aleksei "Qikert" Golubev — 27-year-old Kazakh pro — announced on October 21 that he's stepping away from active play and joining Spirit Academy as the team's new coach.
Playing career highlights
- Length: nearly a decade
- Majors attended: 7, most recently StarLadder Budapest Major with MIBR
- IEM Rio Major 2022 — Major title with Outsiders
- StarLadder Berlin Major — grand final with AVANGAR
- BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019
- ESL Challenger Rotterdam
- ESL Challenger Katowice 2023
- MPKBK CIS LAN Season 4 (with 1win) — his 12th career trophy
Career path
- Start of 2026: left MIBR, joined 1win
- October 21, 2026: joined Spirit Academy as coach
Spirit Academy roster
- Kirill "Kiryasoo" Solovkov
- Nikita "s1nside" Besedin
- Vitaly "VILBy" Zakharyuta
- Kirill "k0gaSs" Emelyanov
- David "Netrix" Kudziev
- Coach: Aleksei "Qikert" Golubev
Who he replaces
Vladislav "Flash_1" Bykov — he stays with the organisation and moves to coach Spirit Academy White.
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45771/qikert-pivots-to-coaching-joins-spirit-academy
