NaToSaphiX joins NIP Impact as head coach

The Dane will stand behind NIP's women's team as ESL Impact gets underway.

NaToSaphiX makes the transition to coaching with NIP Impact

Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced that Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen will coach NIP Impact as the European side gets ready to start its ESL Impact journey in hopes of earning a spot at the finals in Dallas, Texas.

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ESL Impact Season 5 set to start

The Danish 27-year-old, who played many short stints with teams and was largely known as a recurring stand-in, hung the mouse in November 2023 and announced he was ready to start a new career path — coaching was among the options he mentioned.

NaToSaphiX left his playing career behind with one title to his name, a CS Summit, which he won with MOUZ in an iconic grand final against G2, remembered largely because coach Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen took the reins when Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen had to leave the final series mid-match.

NIP Impact are set for an immediate shocker as they get into the coming ESL Impact season; their opening match at 19:30 is against none other than Pigeons — the former Nigma Galaxy core —, the queens of the scene, albeit now with Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie on the team in lieu of Ksenia "⁠vilga⁠" Kluenkova.

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ESL Impact League Season 5 Europe
07/03/2024
19:30
Match

NIP Impact will also be fighting ENCE Athena, BIG EQUIPA, GUILD fe, and Astralis W in ESL Impact Europe's Group A for one of the coveted spots in Dallas.

NIP Impact are:

Sweden Jennica "⁠jenkon⁠" Sjögren
Netherlands Kiara "⁠Qiyarah⁠" Janssen
Netherlands Naomi "⁠Nayomy⁠" Janssen
Denmark Anna "⁠ramziiN⁠" Ramsing
United Kingdom Mia "⁠aiM⁠" Cooper

Denmark Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen (coach)

Netherlands Kiara 'Qiyarah' Janssen
Kiara 'Qiyarah' Janssen
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
80
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.71
Russia Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova
Ksenia 'vilga' Kluenkova
Age:
32
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
324
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
Netherlands Naomi 'Nayomy' Janssen
Naomi 'Nayomy' Janssen
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
80
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
33
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
2283
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
Lebanon Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
262
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.68
Denmark Anna 'ramziiN' Ramsing
Anna 'ramziiN' Ramsing
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
37
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
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United Kingdom Mia 'aiM' Cooper
Mia 'aiM' Cooper
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.86
Maps played:
32
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.72
Sweden Jennica 'jenkon' Sjögren
Jennica 'jenkon' Sjögren
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
67
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
LUL
2024-03-07 16:38
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NiP went from not paying wages to Legends like Fifflaren, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, friberg and Xizt, to paying morons like nato
2024-03-07 17:47
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1 reply
hahahahahahahahhaahhahah WTF
2024-03-08 12:24
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Sheeesh, not signed as stand-in
2024-03-07 16:38
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#5
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Germany hltvfinest
NATOSAPHIX JOINS NIP jumpscare
2024-03-07 16:38
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17 replies
so real, i thought for a moment
2024-03-07 16:43
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#26
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Germany Gabbah
I WAS SCARED TOO
2024-03-07 16:46
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Same lol
2024-03-07 16:55
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#39
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United Kingdom Isquashua
LMAO it's something they would do as well
2024-03-07 16:56
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#45
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Romania RMS17
+1
2024-03-07 17:03
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#47
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Czech Republic knom1s
+1
2024-03-07 17:04
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#59
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Belarus Azy_421
FUCKING SAME AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
2024-03-07 17:30
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Would be an improvement from their previous lineup.
2024-03-07 17:40
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2 replies
#65
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Germany hltvfinest
you can hate on Esetag all you want, its justified but at least he is no Natosaphix
2024-03-07 17:44
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1 reply
Yeah its a bit of a joke but their roster was a mess ever since they kicked aleksib they have been bad
2024-03-07 18:46
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#79
Faceit level 10  | 
n0thing | 
Czech Republic sajmonzii
mini heart attack
2024-03-07 18:14
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hltv baiting at this point
2024-03-07 19:21
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top 5 jump scares
2024-03-08 02:55
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hahahahahahah
2024-03-08 03:11
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#121
Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden infl8
lmao yeah hahaha
2024-03-08 09:19
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"NIP jumpscare" would be a funny team name mens)))
2024-03-08 10:46
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Lmao
2024-03-08 22:19
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#6
Faceit level 10  | 
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Georgia sexasuke
hahahahaha
2024-03-07 16:38
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#8
Faceit level 9  | 
gla1ve | 
Sweden official_EGB
Wouldnt surprise me a bit if he was to join the main team
2024-03-07 16:39
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2 replies
Could do that and become the number one player and literally smash the competition
2024-03-07 16:41
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1 reply
#123
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United Kingdom m0nK_
lol
2024-03-08 09:57
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#9
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Europe Putin69
Unexpected
2024-03-07 16:39
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but why?
2024-03-07 16:41
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3 replies
#80
Faceit level 10  | 
Brollan | 
Sweden EntonXD
Bro want to try every single role in every possible team
2024-03-07 18:25
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1 reply
+1 specialization is for insects
2024-03-08 10:47
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why not?
2024-03-07 19:18
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LOL
2024-03-07 16:41
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not so experienced, but they removed the experienced one and took the not-so-experienced just to have fun and keep this going
2024-03-07 16:42
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W move actually
2024-03-07 16:42
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lol what
2024-03-07 16:42
0
lul
2024-03-07 16:43
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that is the spirit of big signing nip was talking about
2024-03-07 16:44
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lol
2024-03-07 16:49
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hahahaha nato to coach was already hilarious but I didn't know what nip impact was. coaching females after trying so hard to be a male pro is hysterical
2024-03-07 16:54
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KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
2024-03-07 16:54
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OH NO NO NO NO, It's literally joeover
2024-03-07 16:55
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#40
JDC | 
Germany SeBook
wot
2024-03-07 16:56
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they would honestly quick 2-0 nip main team
2024-03-07 17:02
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#44
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New Zealand LewsTherin
What happens if one of the players are unavailable, does it mean bro can stand in on womens league?
2024-03-07 17:03
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3 replies
No. Coach can never stand-in (men coach) because the competition is only for women. On ESEA yeah he can play but in the Impact Cash Cups, Qualifiers for ESL Impact and in the ESL Impact itself he cannot play. If they need a sub for some reason they'd need to speak with ESL and if they allow get a sub (women player)
2024-03-07 19:10
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2 replies
Ah good to know. If the coach was a women though they can right?
2024-03-08 12:31
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1 reply
If it was a women coach in this stage I'd assume it'd be 'transformed' as a player.
2024-03-09 16:01
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Huge W for NIP, he could also make their main roster better tbh
2024-03-07 17:10
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#54
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Portugal Joaoman73
xD
2024-03-07 17:18
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#55
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Romania garcea89
avg NIP change
2024-03-07 17:19
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+milky performance coach
2024-03-07 17:24
0
that escalated quickly
2024-03-07 17:28
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Unlucky NIP Impact
2024-03-07 17:31
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#61
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Philippines B3nk4i
Good for Nato
2024-03-07 17:35
0
mhmm.. HAHAHHAAHAHHAA
2024-03-07 17:36
0
ok. very interesting.
2024-03-07 17:50
0
greatest professional stand-in ever is back
2024-03-07 17:51
0
gl
2024-03-07 17:54
0
Finally found the place where he belongs
2024-03-07 18:00
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Honestly, good signing for all parties involved.
2024-03-07 18:07
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this community is so wholesome wow look at these replies
2024-03-07 18:11
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2 replies
I am blown away every time HLTV comes across something to do with women.
2024-03-07 18:36
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1 reply
i bet most of the ones hating on women are also cheating on premier lmao
2024-03-07 19:20
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#76
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Latvia DINGUU
gl Nato
2024-03-07 18:11
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GL
2024-03-07 18:12
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#89
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Germany kunar2k
My GOAT <3
2024-03-07 19:08
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#91
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Paraguay LifeHater
Good luck Nato
2024-03-07 19:14
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#92
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Mexico I_like_TF2
The best of the luck to NaTo!
2024-03-07 19:15
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#93
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Finland tailal
rizz
2024-03-07 19:15
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what is stopping a female team from hiring a male (pro player) as coach and then have him smurf for them as a stand in to a tournament?
2024-03-07 19:16
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#98
NiKo | 
Portugal MuriN_
Nato pls, love yourself a little bit more
2024-03-07 19:30
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#99
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
Coaching position is something I expect him to do well at, but honestly, coaching a female team... No disrespect, but I hoped for more for him honestly. Anyway, GL NaTo!
2024-03-07 20:02
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Man is doing trying to stand in for every role
2024-03-07 21:15
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He is the best player on the team💀💀
2024-03-07 21:26
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Unexpected.
2024-03-07 21:41
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bro went from being a legendary stand-in to a fe coach 💀
2024-03-07 23:03
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From struggling to become a respectable pro to coaching a team that would get crushed by any semi-pro team 11/10 times. Well, I respect that you gave it a try, Nato. But it might be time to work a real job for the first time in your life when closing in on 30.
2024-03-07 23:14
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GL! would be nice to see NIP actually turn things around
2024-03-08 01:26
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#113
ness | 
Canada ssau
lol I think this guy finally found a purpose in cs. Coaching a ladies team is something I’m sure he’s probably capable of. He definitely wasn’t doing big things in the world of male cs. This is possibly a career saver for him. You think those coaches make decent money?
2024-03-08 03:10
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2 replies
bro stop it he was a good t2 player
2024-03-08 03:13
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1 reply
#116
ness | 
Canada ssau
Well maybe. He’s good enough that I’ve heard of him and he seems to be known. Maybe a little bit overhyped tho. For someone whose name everybody knows, he sure didn’t accomplish much in cs. This right here is as good as it’s gonna get for him I think. Unless he’s like a desk analyst or somethin like that
2024-03-08 03:18
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#117
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New Zealand Skye620
Huge drop off for GOAT standin
2024-03-08 05:13
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The eternal stand in is now standing permanently. He really said „yes“ to „do you really want to apply for every job in cs esport?“ For this I respect his hustle.
2024-03-08 05:19
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dream job
2024-03-08 08:42
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1 reply
While having a gf probably not so nice
2024-03-08 09:33
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Bro couldn't compete in the men's league, now he's farming the women's. I mean good on him.
2024-03-08 13:55
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w rizz
2024-03-08 16:28
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Lol
2024-03-08 22:20
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