cogu joins MIBR as manager and coach

21-10-2020 23:48

The Brazilian legend will be hoping to restore some order to the team during these tough times.

MIBR have announced that they have secured the services of veteran Raphael "⁠cogu⁠" Camargo, who becomes the manager and coach of their team. The announcement comes at a delicate moment for the Brazilian squad, who are racing against the clock to find three players before the BLAST Premier Fall Series and Flashpoint 2.

cogu competed in three different iterations of Counter-Strike (1.6, CS:Source and CS:GO), donning MIBR's colors between 2004 and 2008. He is widely regarded as one of the finest AWPers in the history of the franchise and played a key role in Brazil's ascension to relevance as he helped MIBR to win the ESWC title in 2006.

cogu will once again wear MIBR's jersey

cogu, who has signed a contract until the end of the year, joins MIBR just days after leaving Falkol's VALORANT squad. In a Youtube video, the 35-year-old admitted to being thrilled to return to the team that he took to the top during his playing days.

"I'm very happy to be back and very hyped up," he said. "I could barely sleep until everything was settled. I'm giving up on a lot of things to pursue the dream of mine, which is to be champion. I'll be there to help MIBR, that is what you can expect from me."

cogu is the first addition to MIBR since the organisation decided to dispense with the services of Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga, Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo, and coach Ricardo "⁠dead⁠" Sinigaglia. Unhappy with the decision, team captain Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo opted to step down from the lineup, which is depleted to just two players, Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe and Alencar "⁠trk⁠" Rossato.

According to a recent report from Globo Esporte, MIBR are lining up temporary moves for Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles, Vinicius "⁠vsm⁠" Moreira and Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira as they look to put together a team for BLAST Premier Fall Series and Flashpoint 2. In cogu's unveiling video, kNgV- said that the final three players "have already reached agreements with MIBR" and should be unveiled soon.

MIBR, who will be staying in Serbia to compete in these tournaments, have been placed in Group C of BLAST Premier alongside Astralis, FURIA and G2. They will take on the Danish side in their first match of the $150,000 tournament, scheduled for November 2.

The Brazilian team currently have:

Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe
Alencar "⁠trk⁠" Rossato

Raphael "⁠cogu⁠" Camargo (coach/manager)

legend of 1.6

2020-10-21 23:52

24 replies

new era

2020-10-21 23:57

1 reply

if he awps like 2006

2020-10-24 01:44

So he knows nothing about go prolly

2020-10-21 23:59

21 replies

knows a lot actually, he was coach before and in his streams he make a lot of demo reviews and his way of seeing cs is really good, if he had more time would be better

2020-10-22 00:05

6 replies

Fan talking bullshit The time of cogu in e-sport ia gone he need to grow up and find a profession or Will be broken for the rest of his life He probably regret to stoped tô play in 2009 but being Far for almost 10 years of cs he Will never have something to add tô cs go

2020-10-23 01:37

5 replies

ok. anything else?

2020-10-23 12:45

flair checks out, you are a bit of the reason why almost no one in brazil like Furia, the problem aren't the player but fans like you

2020-10-23 13:36

2 replies

shut up 10 years old boy I gave 2 months for mibr send cogu back to brazil.

2020-10-23 13:58

That's the time he have contract kiddo, no problem about it

2020-10-23 14:11

do you really think cogu is going to MIBR only for the money?

2020-10-23 16:32

Really Nothing At all , mibr hired him just because the supporters cried o twitter about the org dont focusing on the past .... cogu was on valorant man we are going to be obliterated

2020-10-22 00:56

lmao

2020-10-22 08:00

just like zonic? xD

2020-10-22 11:09

3 replies

Zonic is focused on cs since of mtw.dk i think cogu Just abandoned the game when the crises come and now are just trying tô earn some money

2020-10-23 01:39

zonic had serval years of cs before mTw . He had his break though with SoA in 03 then to SK gaming then NoA and the mTw times came

2020-10-23 07:57

When in mTw.dk I was saying that he is active in cs scene like a player He never gave up from the game like cogu did when the crisis come in 2009 he is far from CS for more than a decade he try to play footbal poker and valorant do you think he has knowladge enough for a t1 competition He is far from the knowledge of Zonic, Zews, Guerri they are working in counter strike for a long long time. Cogu just want to earn some money the guys is broken probably don't even have a college degree.

2020-10-23 14:03

damn what a great assumption, one of the greatest 1.6 players of all time has now become the manager and coach of one of the biggest CS franchises in the world... He must know nothing about go right !? Most pro players u see now a days have been playing professionally or semi professionally since the 1.6 days, and most of the coachs (since they´re almost always older then the players) were 1.6 player as well. So yes he definitely knows 0 abou cs.

2020-10-22 15:57

7 replies

i was trying to bait the shit out of people and it worked

well it actually didn´t since most of the people who replied were agreeing with u... U literally mad them even more stupid xD

2020-10-22 16:03

u just a crying kiddo alone in ur bedroom.

2020-10-22 17:10

cry is free! watch mibr go out 13-16th!

2020-10-22 17:11

BLAST has only 12 teams

2020-10-22 20:54

Exactly

2020-10-22 21:28

2020-10-23 01:40

1.6 Let's go!

2020-10-21 23:49

8 replies

Restore what? Mibr is known for bug abuse the players knew especially fallen, team is trash, cogu either paycheck stealing or is just gonna embarrass himself lmao.

2020-10-22 02:09

are u seeking for attention? you can call 188 for help man!

2020-10-22 05:23

just read his name, his only purpose in this site is to bait

2020-10-22 07:02

2020-10-22 19:00

"Mibr is known for bug abuse" You must to keep your mouth closed, newfag, if you don't know anything about CS 1.6.

2020-10-22 15:38

Seems you are the newfag, he's talking about mibr, not cogu, lmao.

2020-10-22 17:36

exactly newfag he's talking about mibr the real mibr hltv.org/news/24532/a-tantrum-a-missed-p..

2020-10-22 18:25

What the fck do you think I'm talking about cogu? Re-read my comment and his. Think before writing something shit.

2020-10-23 01:08

great to see such a legend back

Respect

2020-10-22 14:14

rip dead

4 replies

Finally some good news

2020-10-22 00:07

but dead is alive

2020-10-22 14:18

But dead

2020-10-22 20:55

But alive

2020-10-22 23:20

wut

Pog

LEGEND GLGLGLGLGLGL

mibr new line up: kng trk lucas1 leo_drunky v$m #SomosMIBR

2020-10-21 23:50

0/Gaules NT, just missing more than 5 qi

2020-10-22 21:07

cogu pogU

it would be great if fallen and cogu both became mibr manager/coaches

Legendary

Big news, LEGEND

Welcome back legend

A FUCKIN' MANAGER

that made me chuckle

2020-10-22 05:44

OMEGALUL, now mibr is a complete joke

2020-10-21 23:51

coach/maneger for 2 months? please STOP DESTROYING THE MIBR TAG

GL LEGEND!

hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahaa

buy boom and that is

2020-10-21 23:53

BOOM doesn't want to sell their players.

I actually hope MIBR gets their shit together and become legendary once more

nice

mibr wanting to be relevant at all costs XD

2020-10-21 23:54

*at a very low cost

2020-10-22 00:21

KKKK +1

2020-10-22 00:58

+1 really low cost

2020-10-22 02:23

shit mic is mibr going bankrupt?

Biggest legend of BR CS. This will be a nice project.

saudosim lul. Fnx is greater than cogu

2020-10-22 00:17

mibr's 2006 line have both of them if you were alive back in the day watching your respect would be equal

2020-10-22 02:33

My respect is equal. It never changed and I never said that it changed. You need only to know one thing: Fnx, coldzera, fallen, fer and taco have a greater career than cogu, the difference is huge.

2020-10-22 21:30

ofc they have, cogu retire in 1.6, played a cs:go a bit, but it was it, he was already retired a long time.

2020-10-24 00:34

And your saudosism or shit memory doesn't matter, because when you start with facts the conversation is done.

2020-10-22 21:31

poggers! COGU LEGEND IS BACK

2020-10-21 23:55

POGU LEGEND POGU LESSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOO

2020-10-21 23:56

cogu will be a great coach/manager

2020-10-21 23:58

Legend

MIBR IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!! CRY HATERS!!!! PREPARE YOUR ASS ASTRALIS

stop baiting pls

2020-10-22 00:31

Thats actually kinda cool

2020-10-22 00:01

LEGEND! Lets see what he can do as a coach.

Tier 2 roster... wtf get some proper team MIBR, with the amount of money that you have

2020-10-22 00:03

legend

2020-10-22 00:08

niceee! wish u good luck legend!

2020-10-22 00:14

TOTAL RIP

Cogu > fallen and every other brasilian

it's just nuts they're really insisting on this project, lol

2020-10-22 00:18

what about a decent roster?XD

2020-10-22 00:20

LuL

2020-10-22 00:22

old news COGU GOD

2020-10-22 00:26

Trivia He was voted the third best Counter-Strike player from 2000 – 2010 by HLTV's users. He was voted the best Counter-Strike from the Americas from 2000 – 2010 by HLTV's users. He was voted world's second best AWPer of from 2000 – 2010 by HLTV's users. He was voted the best Counter-Strike player from Brazil from 2000 – 2010 by HLTV's users.

2020-10-22 00:29

thats very nice and all but that was: 1- 10-20 years ago 2- in cs 1.6 so while i certainly respect his history and legacy i dont see how exactly bringing him as a manager and coach is gonna help stabilize this dumpster fire, maybe theres something im not seeing here but im not impressed.

2020-10-22 00:46

he's an achiever or at least used to be but yeah nothing is guaranteed

2020-10-22 01:02

Just said that the guy knows about CS, if he will be a good manager? i think yes, but as a coach, i think not

2020-10-22 20:38

The Legend's back !!!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO THAT IS WHAT DESPAIR LOOKS LIKE

2020-10-22 00:30

2020-10-22 00:33

LEGEND

2020-10-22 00:36

i thought he was going pro in valorant. he was really good in it actually lol

2020-10-22 00:50

He was in FALKOL in Valorant, but I guess he wanted to help MIBR to get up again (idk if it's going to work by now, probably not, let's see) All I know is he will do his best. Even at his streams he kept talking about MIBR and how he wanted to help... But I still think this roster will be a Tier 2/Tier 1.5, at least for some good months

2020-10-22 14:27

cogu!!!!!! What a Legend. Shot me through the wall on nuke @ SHG OPEN 2007. 8/8 would get shot again

2020-10-22 00:51

3.14RNE?

2020-10-22 20:28

Yeah exactly :)

2020-10-31 10:29

Good signing. Now they should add Dumau and RCF from YeaH Gaming and malbsMd from Team One and Steel from Movistar Riders: Steel (IGL / Lurker / Support) TRK (Rifler) Dumau (Rifler) malbsMd (Entry) RCF (AWPer) I mean, they wont make the major so, i would do a HUGE roster change.

2020-10-22 00:52

write "cogu counter strike" on YouTube so you know who you're talking about. anyone who has played counter strike since 1.5 knows who this legend is!

2020-10-22 00:54

Best All time .br player....imo

2020-10-22 00:59

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MIBR LEGEND

2020-10-22 00:57

pogU

2020-10-22 01:05

HE'S BAXK

2020-10-22 01:07

Im cautiously optimistic about this. Cogu wasn’t good in CSGO but was a fucking legend on 1.6. If he’s completely dedicated on this and can bring his game read to the table, I think MIBR can come back to tier 1 NA scene. About the roster, I’m not so hyped. Maybe if Fallen comes back (he already said on stream that he’s not playing for MIBR this year since he’s not returning to Europe for personal reasons - he wants to be with his family), and they pick one or two players from Team One and BOOM we can expect great things.

2020-10-22 01:09

nice, easy money for cogu, legend that deserves it but he dont know anything about cs go, so basicly mibr dont have a coach, MAYBE a manager in terms of professionalism in another words, mibr is will be worse than before, sad but true.

2020-10-22 01:11

+LUCAS1 +Vsm +Leo_Drunky

2020-10-22 01:21

3 bots

2020-10-22 02:18

now mibr just needs good players too

2020-10-22 01:48

good luck coaching kng

2020-10-22 01:50

GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!

2020-10-22 01:59

Cogu legend big Pog

2020-10-22 02:06

KEKW

+exit +vsm +leo_drunky

2020-10-22 02:14

yeah don't know why they went for LUCAS (AGAIN) instead of exit?!...

2020-10-22 02:21

true but i think mibr will get exit instead of vsm because VAC ban

2020-10-22 02:37

could be.

2020-10-22 02:46

Cool

2020-10-22 02:22

being a legend doesn't necessarily make you a good coach especially when you’ve never played that role before but I understand that under the circumstances they were desperate for an impactful name

2020-10-22 02:30

What about Zonic? Tive the man a chance.

2020-10-22 05:42

Already tier 4 team

2020-10-22 02:40

cogu has been extremely focused on playing VALORANT since it came out, the annoucement as manager make some sense, but as coach he's probably gonna be garbage

everything I had to say FNX already said in its Tweet in 2016

2020-10-22 03:56

Good luck cogu melo

2020-10-22 03:58

Imagine trk lucas1 leodrunki vsm kngv vs Astralis....

2020-10-22 04:08

Clown party

2020-10-22 04:09

yikes mibr is officially a meme

2020-10-22 04:10

Lucas1 can't play with sudamérica tier 5 and now play for mibr....

2020-10-22 04:11

This brings me good memories from the time I used to play CS. HLTV should interview some old school legends, I would love to see XeqtR, elemeNt, zet, fury... :')

2020-10-22 04:15

Tbh this won't change anything...

2020-10-22 04:17

Legend!

2020-10-22 04:53

2020-10-22 05:15

"giving up on a lot of things to" work in MIBR for 2 months GL anyway

2020-10-22 07:48

cogu's daughter was just born, he will leave her in Brazil to train with MIBR

2020-10-22 16:47

His career as a coach has been without any success, so I'm surprised they took him, weird but we will see.

2020-10-22 08:19

Its probably for fans so they will be still buyingt shitty merch..

2020-10-22 08:24

Most likely, other than that I see no reason to add him honestly.

2020-10-22 15:45

Again Big hype for Brazilians, still gives nothing for MiBR

2020-10-22 09:16

Leo_drunky looks like Denver from Casa de papel

2020-10-22 10:42

mibr|cogu 2006 vibes

2020-10-22 10:43

cogu pogu

2020-10-22 11:21

mibr cogu very nice. Good luck as a coach!

2020-10-22 12:00

The duration of his contract shows you just how much trust they have in him, LOL. This is a marketing move, they don't have fallen anymore and are afraid of losing the fanbase.

2020-10-22 12:26

+11

+12

2020-10-23 09:16

Kicking all the major winners and bringing a 1.6 veteran as coach? Giving me NiP vibes...

2020-10-22 12:52

Wait coach? Wasn't he playing valorant all the time?

2020-10-22 12:57

Probably the best move MIBR can make in hopes of salvaging the almost destroyed brand. Hopefully he can turn the ship around now that Fallen and his boys are out.

2020-10-22 13:34

Best brazilian in Counter strike history

2020-10-22 13:48

Coldzera? no hes on faze man

2020-10-22 13:59

Cogu is the best

Fallen

Pathetic kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk wtf this org is doing

2020-10-22 14:00

+fnx +KiKO

2020-10-22 14:11

MIBR still exist?

2020-10-22 14:17

lets go

2020-10-22 14:57

Decent marketing move. But it will bring nothing to the team.

2020-10-22 15:18

polski scene is dead lol

2020-10-22 15:51

hltv.org/matches/2343758/mibr-vs-pact-ed.. hltv.org/matches/2343449/mibr-vs-wisla-k..

2020-10-22 16:50

+1 sadly

2020-10-22 19:11

Legendary player. GL! What is it about these brazilian awpers? Ever since competitive CS started it looks like always at least one brazilian awp superstar has been around.

2020-10-22 16:12

It doesn´t matter who Cogu is or what have him done. We are talking about a stand-in roster with a manager/coach signed for just TWO MONTHS. Two. Months. I hope mibr get it shit together, renew it roster and reach the level to reach at least a relevant tournament semi-final. It would be very cool to its fans. But it´s useless to talk about a 2 months worth decisions, it means almost nothing.

2020-10-22 18:03

True but at least it's a step in the right direction

2020-10-22 19:21

Sure! And I fully support it. I really think that the strategy of bringing stand-ins for this 2 events is correct, the problem is at the communication with the fanbase, they are talking about project and long terms with Cogu, it doesn´t make sense at the moment, hope it will do in the future. Sometimes saying nothing is better than saying what the people want to hear (read) and losing credit along the way. (I wrote CREDIT thinking about truthfulness. Is that right?)

2020-10-22 19:25

Poor Cogu... another victim of MIBR...

2020-10-22 20:44

Fans: we follow the players, not the org MIBR: Ok, take it *brings cogu* Fans: I'm ur bicth now Here we go again

2020-10-22 20:59

rip mibr, go furia

2020-10-23 06:17

Oh shit is happening

2020-10-23 16:20