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Gleb «Funn1k» Lipatnikov Biography

Gleb «Funn1k» Lipatnikov Ukrainian e-sports player was born on November 16, 1992. He began his career back in 2011.

Gleb «Funn1k» Lipatnikov in Dota 2

2011-2017

Since 2011, Gleb has already taken part in various tournaments and has become known as a good player with good potential. In May 2015, Gleb joined the Darer team in which the player was invited by its creator and former captain Natus Vincere «ArtStyle». The team results were not very good. Nevertheless, the team was invited to The International 2012, due to the excellent media activity «ArtStyle». But the team took 9-12th place, which was not strange since the team's game was not at the highest level. After The International, the team broke up, and Gleb signed a contract with Team Empire. Gleb was noted and remembered for his excellent play on the light line. Team Empire became the second strongest team in the CIS after Natus Vincere, losing to them only at the Starladder finals. Soon, Gleb changed his position and was considered one of the best on offlane. Gleb was noticed by the more media-active organization Natus Vincere, and in February 2013, the player joined the Ukrainian team. At The International 2013, Gleb became the vice world champion, reaching the finals with the team, demonstrating a tough and confident game. In the spring of 2014, the team began to experience problems. At The International 2014, the team could not repeat last year's success and took only 7-8th place. A lot of criticism rained down on Gleb, but the captain of the Puppey team left the organization. After which, the team was waiting for a series of changes. But all efforts did not return the former greatness of the team, and in February 2015, after an unsuccessful performance at the Dota 2 Asia Championships, it was announced that Funn1k was taking a break from the performances. In April, Gleb returns to the team. Still, after another failure at The International Natus Vincere, the whole composition was dissolved.

In December 2015, Gleb signed a contract with Team Empire, but in March 2016, he transferred to Team Spirit. Still, the team could not qualify for The International. Soon after the defeat, Gleb left the team. The 2016-2017 season was extremely unfortunate for the player due to his instability. At the beginning of 2017, the player played for the LQ team, but in April, he moved to the Double Dimension team, but things were not going well in the new team either. In June, Gleb goes to M19. He played for this team until the end of the year, but the team did not show any significant results.

2018-2020

2018 and 2019 for Gleb were not very active. But it is worth noting that with the Aachen City Esports team in 2019, Gleb won first place in such tournaments as QIWI TEAM PLAY Season 4, FaceCheck by GG.BET, ESL Adria League Season 4. In February 2020, Gleb was signed by the HellRaisers team. At the beginning of the year, things were going well for Gleb and the team. The team took second and third places at various tournaments, but the team's affairs deteriorated sharply starting from April. The best result until the end of the year was third place at the Parimatch League Season 3. Due to frankly bad results, the HellRaisers organization decided to abandon Gleb. At the beginning of 2021, Gleb begins performing as a member of the XactJIehbl team. The player and the team managed to take first place at ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Open Qualifier # 2 and sixth at the tournament itself in February.