Xizt

Ninjas in Pyjamas' long-time in-game leader, now the team's head coach.

Xizt (Richard Landström) is a Swedish former professional Counter-Strike player and the current head coach of Ninjas in Pyjamas, the team he captained from its CS:GO founding until February 2018. His biggest result as a player was winning ESL One Cologne 2014.

Quick Facts

Born

28, 16 January 2020

Nationality

Swedish

Game

Counter-Strike 2

Role

Coach
Rifler
IGL

Career games

Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2

Highlights

CS:GO Major champion (Cologne 2014)
HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year (2013)
2x HLTV MVP

Facts from the source article.

Background

Landström was the primary in-game leader of Ninjas in Pyjamas from the roster's formation until he stepped down in February 2018 after a run of poor results. Though rarely the top fragger, HLTV placed him in its top 20 in 2010, 2011 and 2013, when he ranked sixth. He played for Fnatic from 2009 to 2012, and on March 11, 2018, rejoined them as caller in place of Golden, a move many saw as a reunion; he also filled in for FaZe Clan in April and May 2018 while olofmeister took a break.

Fnatic benched him in October 2019, and on January 21, 2020, Dignitas reassembled the former NiP core of f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, friberg and Xizt, with Hallzerk added and Fifflaren as coach. He retired on September 23, 2021, after twelve years as a professional.

He joined Heroic as an analyst and temporary coach for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, became full-time coach in March 2022 and left in December 2023, replaced by sAw. In March 2024 he was named head coach of Ninjas in Pyjamas, returning to the organisation where he had spent six years as a player.