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Lindberg began his professional gaming career in early 2005, when he made his international debut at the global finals in South Korea for the World e-Sports Games, alongside the new Swedish team of Begrip Gaming. There, Begrip defeated all opponents, including the defending champions Catch-Gamers and won the prize pot of 50,000 USD.{{cite news | url = http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/507-Begrip_Win_Over_CatchGamer | title = Begrip Win Over Catch-Gamer | date = July 1, 2005 | last = Choudhury | first = Nafiz | publisher = SK Gaming | access-date = October 3, 2013 | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115343/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/507-Begrip_Win_Over_CatchGamer | url-status = dead }} Following this victory, Lindberg dropped out of high school to concentrate on his Counter-Strike career.{{cite news | url = http://steelseries.com/gaming/teams/sk-gaming/player-interviews/1on1-with-f0rest | title = 1on1 with f0rest | date = August 27, 2011 | publisher = SteelSeries | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111226195705/http://steelseries.com/gaming/teams/sk-gaming/player-interviews/1on1-with-f0rest | archive-date = December 26, 2011 }} In 2005, Lindberg was nominated for the eSports Award 2005, under the categories for "Newcomer of the Year" and "Best Counter-Strike Player".{{cite news|url=http://www.mousesports.com/de/news/4091/ |title=eSports Awards 2005 |date=August 20, 2005 |last=Tasdemir |first=Mikail |publisher=Mousesports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221653/http://www.mousesports.com/de/news/4091/ |archive-date=2013-10-04 }} In early 2006, Lindberg left Begrip alongside his teammate Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund, and signed a contract with Fnatic and became a permanent member of the team.{{cite news | url = http://www.fnatic.com/news/638/Begrip-Down-to-Three.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120731021053/http://www.fnatic.com/news/638/Begrip-Down-to-Three.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 31, 2012 | title = Begrip Down to Three | date = January 4, 2006 | last = Choudhury | first = Nafiz | publisher = Fnatic }}

Lindberg's first year in Fnatic proved to be successful, having the team earn upwards of US$100,000, which was acknowledged by Turtle Entertainment. During 2006, Fnatic won the Cyberathlete Professional League Championship, the World Tour, along with a silver medal at the Electronic Sports World Cup. Lindberg was once again nominated for the eSports Award and won the Counter-Strike Player of the Year Award.{{cite news | url = http://www.fnatic.com/feature/3647/Fnatic-Wins-E-Sports-Team-of-the-year-amp-f0rest-CS-player-of-the-year-at-GC.html | title = Fnatic Wins E-Sports Team of the year & f0rest CS player of the year at GC | date = August 26, 2006 | last = Vuitton | first = Roy | publisher = Fnatic | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150308182106/http://www.fnatic.com/content/3647/Fnatic-Wins-E-Sports-Team-of-the-year-amp-f0rest-CS-player-of-the-year-at-GC | archive-date = March 8, 2015 }} However, Fnatic faced a major slump from 2007 through 2008, as the team failed to win any major tournaments and only achieved a handful of medals.{{cite news|url=http://php5.gotfrag.com/cs/story/43968/?spage=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717071841/http://php5.gotfrag.com/cs/story/43968/?spage=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |title=Counter-Strike: EM III Grand Finals Full Preview |date=March 5, 2009 |publisher=GotFrag }} The team regained its form and chemistry in 2009, however, with the retirement of Oscar "Archi" Torgersen and Oscar "ins" Holm and the recruitment of Christopher "GeT_Right" Alesund and Rasmus "GuX" Ståhl.{{cite news | url = http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/22438-Archi_to_leave_gaming_GuX_joins_fnatic | title = Archi to leave gaming, GuX joins fnatic | date = February 24, 2009 | last = Koller | first = Dominic | publisher = SK Gaming | access-date = October 3, 2013 | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102349/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/22438-Archi_to_leave_gaming_GuX_joins_fnatic | url-status = dead }} During 2009, Fnatic was the single most-dominant team, having garnered gold medal victories at the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge, European Finals and World Championship, ESWC 2009, e-Stars Seoul, KODE5 and World eSports Masters. In 2009, Lindberg was nominated for the eSports Award 2009, under the category of "Regional eSports Player of the Year Northern Europe", but lost to his teammate Alesund, who won the main category for eSports Player of the Year.{{cite news |url=http://www.esports-award.org/news/93360/ |title=eSports Player of the Year – The Nominees |date=July 13, 2009 |publisher=eSports Award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809160259/http://www.esports-award.org/news/93360 |archive-date=2010-08-09 }}

Fnatic could not repeat its success from 2009 in the 2010 season, however, as the team found itself at odds with the Ukrainians from Natus Vincere, with their winnings being upward of US$220,000.{{cite news | url=http://www.hltv.org/news/5785-navi-scored-220000-in-2010 | title = Na´Vi scored $220,000 in 2010 | date = November 30, 2010 | last = Kristensen | first = Marc Winther | publisher = HLTV.org }} Following this underwhelming year, Lindberg, along with his teammates Alesund and Ståhl, attempted to have Fnatic replace the team's in-game leader, Patrik "cArn" Sättermon, as well as its captain, Harley "dsn" Örwall, with SK Gaming's Jimmy "allen" Allén and Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström. This was, however, not approved, so Lindberg and Alesund left Fnatic and joined SK Gaming.{{cite news | url = http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/31508-2010_A_Year_in_Review | title = 2010: A Year in Review | date = January 5, 2010 | last = Horton | first = Samuel | publisher = SK Gaming | access-date = October 3, 2013 | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102455/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/31508-2010_A_Year_in_Review | url-status = dead }} Early 2011 proved to be slow for SK, as they failed to impress at their first event, IEM European Championship Finals, being unable to surpass the group stage, while Lindberg's previous team won the event themselves.{{cite news | url = http://www.hltv.org/news/6070-fnatic-over-mtw-to-win-iem5-europe&ref=teamticker?pageid=16 | title = fnatic over mTw to win IEM5 Europe | date = January 23, 2011 | last = Mira | first = Luis | publisher = HLTV.org }} SK Gaming managed to regain their form, however, and finished as the second highest-earning team of 2011, behind the Polish team of ESC Gaming.{{cite news | url = http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/36079-Polish_power__2011s_team_of_the_year_ESC | title = Polish power – 2011's team of the year (ESC) | date = December 22, 2011 | last = Shields | first = Duncan | publisher = SK Gaming | access-date = October 3, 2013 | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115333/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/36079-Polish_power__2011s_team_of_the_year_ESC | url-status = dead }}

On July 26, 2012, it was reported that SK Gaming had gone into a state of disarray, with the head coach, Anton Budak, resigning from the organization, along with Patrik Lindberg and his teammates Robert Dahlström and Christopher Alesund. According to Budak, this came as a result of SK refusing to send the players to GameGune 2012. The following August, it was announced that Lindberg would be making a transition over to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, by joining the team Ninjas in Pyjamas, which included Alesund in its roster. From the beginning of the competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene in 2012, Ninjas in Pyjamas became the single most dominant team, having won the vast majority of the tournaments they attended, as well as maintaining an 87-map winning streak for a time. Ninjas in Pyjamas has maintained their dominance for the years of 2012 and 2013. Ninjas in Pyjamas reached the grand finals of all major $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments until ESL One Cologne 2015. In August 2014 they won ESL One Cologne.{{cite news|url=http://www.ongamers.com/articles/2013-ongamers-counter-strike-global-offensive-awards/1100-537/ |title=2013 onGamers Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Awards |date=January 3, 2014 |access-date=January 4, 2014 |last=Shields |first=Duncan |publisher=onGamers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104094134/http://www.ongamers.com/articles/2013-ongamers-counter-strike-global-offensive-awards/1100-537/ |archive-date=January 4, 2014 }} At Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca where they were ousted by NaVi in the semi-finals.

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