Henrik Hansen, better known by his in-game name Froggen, is a Danish professional ''

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'' player. He is currently signed with

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as a streamer. Over the course of his career he has also played for CLG.EU,

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, Elements,

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, the

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and Dignitas. Anivia is considered his signature champion.

Early life

Hansen was born in Denmark. Since his childhood, he has played games such as ''

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'' and '' Warcraft 3'', and was introduced to ''League of Legends'' by his brother.

Career

2012

In 2012, Froggen helped CLG.EU finish third at the Season 2 World Championship.

2013

In January, Froggen signed with

and moved to their

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. The team qualified for the inaugural spring split of the EU LCS and finished 4th with a 15–13 record in the regular season, qualifying them for the playoffs; in which they finished 3rd. In December 2013, Froggen joined

, who took

' spot in the

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after they moved to the NA LCS.

2014

In the 2014 EU LCS Spring Split, Froggen's team Alliance finished 3rd in the regular season with 16–12, qualifying for playoffs and finishing in 4th. In the 2014 EU LCS Summer Split, Alliance went 21–7 in the regular season and finished in first place, making it to playoffs and staying in first place after defeating

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in the finals and earning themselves an invitation to the

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. At worlds Alliance unexpectedly went 3–3 in their group bracket and failed to make playoffs, ending up in 9–12th place.

2015

After a change to LCS branding rules, Alliance's ''League of Legends'' team was required to rebrand itself and leave the organization. The team subsequently rebranded into Elements. Elements finished 7th in the 2015 EU LCS Spring Split and Summer Split, failing to qualify for playoffs both times. In November, Elements released all of their players except for Froggen and Nyph. Froggen was voted by fans to appear in the 2015 All Stars tournament in

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in December. At the event he had a 1v1 exhibition match against reigning world champion

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which he won.

2016

On 2 January he moved to

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to join

, which had just bought a spot in the

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. Echo Fox finished last in the 2016 Summer NA LCS with a 1–17 record, which meant the team could be relegated to the

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. After defeating

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3-0 they re-qualified for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split.

2017

After speculations about Froggen leaving Echo Fox rise, he subsequently released his official statement on

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in regards to his termination with the team and shared his perspective outlook for the future in 2018.

2018

It was widely rumored on Twitch and Discord that Froggen would be returning to the ''League of Legends'' professional scene in 2018. This was later confirmed by

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on 5 April 2018, as they announce that Froggen will be joining them as their mid laner. Froggen left Origen after their victory in the 2018 European Cup and was subsequently signed by the Golden Guardians on 8 December 2018 as their mid laner.

2019

Froggen then went on to play for

in the NA LCS season 9 finishing 5/6th in the spring split. He would retain his starting spot for summer.

2020

Froggen signed with Dignitas for the 2020 LCS season. In the Spring Split they finished with a record of 8-10, placing just outside of playoffs at seventh. For the summer split, Froggen was benched after six games and moved down to the academy roster. He would then play the rest of the season on Dignitas Academy.

Tournament results

CLG.EU

* 4th — Season 2 World Championship

Evil Geniuses

* 3rd — 2013 Spring NA LCS playoffs

Alliance

* 4th — 2014 Spring EU LCS playoffs * 1st — 2014 Summer EU LCS playoffs

Elements

* 7th — 2015 Spring EU LCS

Echo Fox

* 7th — 2016 Spring NA LCS * 10th — 2016 Summer NA LCS * 8th — 2017 Spring NA LCS

Origen

* 1st — 2018 EU Masters

Golden Guardians

5th–6th — 2019 Spring LCS 7th – 2019 Summer LCS

References

External links

* {{Professional League of Legends competition League of Legends mid lane players Alliance (esports) players Counter Logic Gaming players Dignitas (esports) players Echo Fox players Elements (esports) players Evil Geniuses players Golden Guardians players MTw players Team Razer players Danish esports players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Living people 1994 births