ropz

{{Infobox Pro Gaming player

| ID = ropz

| name = Robin Kool

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|12|22|df=y}}

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| nationality = Estonian

| team = Team Vitality

| role = {{hlist|Rifler|Lurker}}

| league =

| game = Counter-Strike 2

| career_start = 2015

| career_end =

| years1 = 2016

| years3 = 2017–2021

| team3 = mousesports

| years4 = 2022–2024

| team4 = FaZe Clan

| years5 = 2025–present

| team5 = Team Vitality

| highlights = * CS:GO Major champion (Antwerp 2022)

IEM Grand Slam champion (Season 4)
7x HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year (2018–2024)
3x HLTV MVP

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| channel_name = ropz

| followers = 294.9 thousand

| stats_update = February 23, 2025

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Robin Kool (born 22 December 1999), better known as ropz, is an Estonian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Vitality. Kool has played in ten Majors{{Cite web|title=Robin 'ropz' Kool|url=https://www.hltv.org/player/11816/ropz#tab-achievementBox|access-date=August 9, 2022|website=HLTV.org|language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://abiosgaming.com/press/the-most-interesting-csgo-stats-from-esl-pro-league-season-17/ | title=The most interesting CS:GO stats from ESL Pro League Season 17 | date=31 March 2023 }} and won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022.{{Cite news |title=PGL Antwerp 2022 Champions! |url=https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2022/05/38300/ |website=counter-strike.net |date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=August 8, 2022}}

Early and personal life

Kool was born on 22 December 1999.{{cite news |last1=Biazzi |first1=Leonardo |title=Twelve top CS:GO players who are younger than the franchise itself |url=https://dotesports.com/news/12-top-csgo-players-younger-than-franchise |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=Dot Esports |date=January 20, 2019}} He grew up in Jõgeva, Estonia.

Career

Before Kool joined mousesports, he played Call of Duty for Team Horizon; he played as a sniper.{{Cite web|title=Biography of CS:GO Player ropz – Get The Full Story|url=https://emanager.gg/en/csgo/players/ropz/biography|access-date=2021-03-03|website=emanager.gg|language=en}} Kool joined mousesports around April 2017 and obtained nine trophies while with the team. He was regarded as the MVP of the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals and has consistently been in HLTV's top 20 list of players since 2018 (Respectively #19, #10, #7 and #18).{{cite web|url=https://www.hltv.org/player/11816/ropz#tab-trophiesBox|title=Robin 'ropz' Kool's CS:GO Player Profile – Trophies|website=HLTV.org}}{{Cite web|title=Top 20 players of 2018: ropz (19)|url=https://www.hltv.org/news/25749/top-20-players-of-2018-ropz-19|access-date=2021-08-13|website=HLTV.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Top 20 players of 2019: ropz (10)|url=https://www.hltv.org/news/28816/top-20-players-of-2019-ropz-10|access-date=2021-08-13|website=HLTV.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Top 20 players of 2020: ropz (7)|url=https://www.hltv.org/news/30978/top-20-players-of-2020-ropz-7|access-date=2021-08-13|website=HLTV.org|language=en}} Kool earned back-to-back top 10 spots on the list in 2019 and 2020.{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Scott |date=2022-01-03 |title=FaZe Clan confirms ropz signing |url=https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/faze-clan-confirms-ropz-signing |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}

After playing almost five years with mousesports, Kool joined FaZe Clan in January 2022. His switch turned out to be successful; they qualified to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and won the first LAN tournament of the year – IEM Katowice 2022.{{Cite web |date=8 April 2022 |title=Ropz Talks About All the CS:GO Offers He Received Before Joining FaZe |url=https://afkgaming.com/csgo/news/ropz-talks-about-all-the-csgo-offers-he-received-before-joining-faze |website=afkgaming.com}} This was followed by Faze and ropz winning second consecutive title at ESL Pro League Season 15 and ropz being named the tournament MVP.{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=FaZe Clan Wins ESL Pro League Season 15, Claims Second Consecutive CS:GO Title |url=https://afkgaming.com/csgo/news/faze-clan-wins-esl-pro-league-season-15-claims-second-consecutive-csgo-title |website=afkgaming.com}}{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=ropz named ESL Pro League Season 15 MVP |url=https://csgo.com/news/65219-ropz-named-esl-pro-league-season-15-mvp |website=csgo.com}}

Ropz left Faze on January 1st 2025,{{Cite web |title=FaZe release ropz |url=https://www.hltv.org/news/40646/faze-release-ropz |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=HLTV.org |language=en}} and on January 10th, he signed with Vitality.{{Cite web |title=Official: Vitality unveil ropz |url=https://www.hltv.org/news/40728/official-vitality-unveil-ropz |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=HLTV.org |language=en}} Just 30 days after the joining Vitality, Ropz won IEM Katowice 2025, which is Ropz`s second career IEM katowice{{Cite web |title=Vitality sweep Spirit to win IEM Katowice 2025 |url=https://www.hltv.org/news/40960/vitality-sweep-spirit-to-win-iem-katowice-2025 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=HLTV.org |language=en}}

Notable tournament results

=Grand finals=

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

class="sortable wikitable" !Year !Place !Tournament !Team !Winning score !Opponent !Prize money !Awards !Ref
2025 \|Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg \|ESL Pro League Season 21 \|Vitality \|3–0 \|Mouz \|$100,000.00 \|Image:Circle-icons-trophy.svg DHL MVP \|{{Cite web \|title=Vitality dismantle MOUZ to win ESL Pro League S21 \|url=https://www.hltv.org/news/41215/vitality-dismantle-mouz-to-win-esl-pro-league-s21 \|access-date=2025-03-16 \|website=HLTV.org \|language=en}}
2025 \|Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg \|IEM Katowice 2025 \|Vitality \|3–0 \|Spirit \|$500,000.00 \| \|{{Cite web \|title=ZywOo and Ropz shine as Team Vitality sweep Team Spirit to win IEM Katowice 2025 {{!}} GosuGamers \|url=https://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/news/74280-zywoo-and-ropz-shine-as-team-vitality-sweep-team-spirit-to-win-iem-katowice-2025 \|access-date=2025-02-12 \|website=www.gosugamers.net \|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web \|title=Vitality sweep Spirit to win IEM Katowice 2025 \|url=https://www.hltv.org/news/40960/vitality-sweep-spirit-to-win-iem-katowice-2025 \|access-date=2025-02-12 \|website=HLTV.org \|language=en}}
2022	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	PGL Major Antwerp 2022	FaZe Clan	2–0	Natus Vincere	$500,000.00
2023 \|Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg \|Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 \|FaZe Clan \|2–1 \|Complexity Gaming \|$100,000.00 \|Image:Circle-icons-trophy.svg DHL MVP \|{{Cite news \|date=October 22, 2023 \|title=FaZe Clan Wins The First Big ‘Counter-Strike 2’ LAN At IEM Sydney \|work=Forbes \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2023/10/22/faze-clan-wins-the-first-big-counter-strike-2-lan-at-iem-sydney/}}{{Cite web \|title=DHL MVP - ESL Pro Tour \|url=https://pro.eslgaming.com/tour/cs/mvp/ \|access-date=2023-12-16 \|website=pro.eslgaming.com}}
2023	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	ESL Pro League Season 17	FaZe Clan	3–1	Cloud9	$200,000.00	Image:Circle-icons-trophy.svg HLTV MVP	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fragster.com/ropz-wins-an-mvp-in-esl-pro-league-for-third-time/\|title=Ropz wins an MVP in ESL Pro League for third time \|website=Fragster.com\|date=March 28, 2023}}
2022	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Cologne	FaZe Clan	3–2	Natus Vincere	$400,000.00		{{cite news \| url=https://www.dexerto.com/csgo/iem-cologne-2022-stream-schedule-results-teams-1848095/ \| title = FaZe Clan win IEM Cologne 2022: Full recap and results \| date = July 18, 2022 \| last = Amos \| first = Andrew \| publisher = Dexerto }}{{cite news \| url=https://about.eslgaming.com/blog/2022/07/record-breaking-event-concluded-as-faze-clan-were-crowned-intel-extreme-masters-cologne-2022-champions/ \| title = Record Breaking Event Concluded as FaZe Clan were Crowned Intel® Extreme Masters Cologne 2022 Champions \| date = July 19, 2022 \| publisher = ESL Gaming }}
2022	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	ESL Pro League Season 15	FaZe Clan	3–1	ENCE	$190,000.00	Image:Circle-icons-trophy.svg HLTV MVP	{{cite news \| url=https://about.eslgaming.com/blog/2022/04/esl-pro-league-season-15-concludes-as-faze-clan-beats-ence-esports-in-the-grand-finals/ \| title = ESL Pro League Season 15 concludes as FaZe Clan beats ENCE Esports in the Grand Finals \| date = April 13, 2022 \| publisher = ESL Gaming }}
2022	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice	FaZe Clan	3–0	G2	$400,000.00		{{cite news \| url=https://about.eslgaming.com/blog/2022/03/serral-and-faze-clan-secure-intel-extreme-masters-katowice-2022-champion-titles/ \| title = Serral and FaZe Clan Secure Intel® Extreme Masters Katowice 2022 Champion Titles \| date = March 4, 2022 \| publisher = ESL Gaming }}
2020	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	Ice Challenge 2020	mousesports	3–1	Natus Vincere	$125,000.00		{{cite news \| url=https://estnn.com/mousesports-defeat-navi-to-win-ice-challenge-2020/ \| title = CS:GO: Mousesports Defeat Natus Vincere to Win ICE Challenge 2020 \| date = February 6, 2020 \| publisher = ESTNN }}
2019	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	ESL Pro League Season 10	mousesports	3–0	fnatic	$250,000.00	Image:Circle-icons-trophy.svg HLTV MVP	{{cite news \| url=https://gamezo.co.uk/mousesports-win-esl-pro-league-season-10/ \| title = Mousesports Win ESL Pro League Season 10! \| date = December 10, 2019 \| publisher = Gamezo \| author = Zachary}} {{Cite web \|last=Biazzi \|first=Leonardo \|date=2019-12-08 \|title=Mousesports sweep Fnatic to win ESL Pro League season 10 grand finals \|url=https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/mousesports-sweep-fnatic-to-win-esl-pro-league-season-10-grand-finals \|access-date=2022-08-11 \|website=Dot Esports \|language=en-US}}
2019	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	CS:GO Asia Championships 2019	mousesports	2–0	ENCE	$250,000.00
2018	Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg	ESL One New York 2018	mousesports	3–2	Team Liquid	$125,000.00		{{Cite web \|last=O’Keefe \|first=David \|date=October 1, 2018 \|title=With ESL One New York over, we look ahead to the rest of CS:GO for 2018 \|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/esl-one-new-york-2018-csgo-recap \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811211634/https://www.redbull.com/us-en/esl-one-new-york-2018-csgo-recap \|archive-date=2022-08-11 \|access-date=2022-08-11 \|website=Red Bull \|language=en}}
2022	Image:Silver_medal_icon.svg	Roobet Cup	FaZe Clan	1–2	BIG	$50,000.00		{{cite news \| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/esports-csgo-roobet-cup-recap/big-edges-faze-clan-to-win-roobet-cup-idUSFLM2PG3d3 \| title = BIG edges FaZe Clan to win Roobet Cup \| date = June 30, 2022 \| author = FIELD LEVEL MEDIA \| publisher = Reuters }}
2018	Image:Silver_medal_icon.svg	ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 \|mousesports	2–3	FaZe Clan	$40,000.00