Sharkz

Sharkz
Retired as Player
Sharkz
Background Information
Name	Alexey Taranda (Алексей Таранда)
Country of Birth	; Belarus
Birthday	August 8
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Prev Residencies	CISCIS
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Social Media & Links

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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Alexey "Sharkz" Taranda (Cyrillic: Алексей Таранда) is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for Immortals.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
CIS	⁠⁠Team Galaxy	≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-??	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈1mo 2d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Your Exit	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	May 20152015-05-12	≈9d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Hard Random Academy	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Aug 2015≈2015-08-??	≈2mo 20d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Vega Squadron	Dec 20152015-12-15^[2]	Dec 20162016-12-22^[1]	1yr 7d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Esports	Jan 20172017-01-02^[4]	Apr 20172017-04-30^[3]	3mo 28d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Vega Squadron	May 20172017-05-01^[6]	Aug 20172017-08-15^[5]	3mo 14d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Gambit Esports	Aug 20172017-08-29^[9]	Jan 20182018-01-10^[8]	4mo 12d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Vodafone Giants	Jan 20182018-01-10^[11]	Jan 20192019-01-11^[10]	1yr 1d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Heretics	Jan 20192019-01-15^[14]	Dec 20192019-12-13^[12]	10mo 29d ejel
EU	⁠⁠AGO ROGUE	Jan 20202020-01-08^[16]	Dec 20202020-12-04^[15]	10mo 27d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Dec 20202020-12-04^[18]	Nov 20232023-11-22^[17]	2yr 11mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20232023-11-27^[20]	Mar 20242024-03-19^[19]	3mo 22d ejel

	Team	Start	End
CIS	⁠⁠Team Galaxy	≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-??	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈1mo 2d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Your Exit	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	May 20152015-05-12	≈9d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Hard Random Academy	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Aug 2015≈2015-08-??	≈2mo 20d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Vega Squadron	Dec 20152015-12-15^[2]	Dec 20162016-12-22^[1]	1yr 7d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Esports	Jan 20172017-01-02^[4]	Apr 20172017-04-30^[3]	3mo 28d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Vega Squadron	May 20172017-05-01^[6]	Aug 20172017-08-15^[5]	3mo 14d ejel
CIS	⁠⁠Gambit Esports	Aug 20172017-08-29^[9]	Jan 20182018-01-10^[8]	4mo 12d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Giants Gaming Spain	Jan 20182018-01-10^[11]	Apr 20182018-04-03^[21]	2mo 24d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Vodafone Giants	Apr 20182018-04-03^[21]	Jan 20192019-01-11^[10]	9mo 8d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Heretics	Jan 20192019-01-15^[14]	Dec 20192019-12-13^[12]	10mo 29d ejel
EU	⁠⁠AGO ROGUE	Jan 20202020-01-08^[16]	Dec 20202020-12-04^[15]	10mo 27d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Dec 20202020-12-04^[18]	Nov 20212021-11-29^[22]	11mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Nov 20212021-11-29^[22]	Dec 20222022-12-19^[23]	1yr 20d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Dec 20222022-12-19^[23]	Nov 20232023-11-22^[17]	11mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20232023-11-27^[20]	Mar 20242024-03-19^[19]	3mo 22d ejel

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

CIS	⁠⁠Galaxy	April (approx.), Nike3, Sharkz, Paranoia, Neon, and Koval18 join. e
CIS	⁠⁠YE	May (approx.), ⁠⁠Team Galaxy rebrands as ⁠⁠Your Exit. e
CIS	⁠⁠YE	May 12, Saetia joins. Sharkz leaves. e
CIS	⁠⁠HRA	May (approx.), Sharkz and Gemp join. e
CIS	⁠⁠HRA	August (approx.), Nike3, Sharkz, and Gemp leave. e
CIS	⁠⁠VEG	December 15, NoNholy, Zanzarah, Drobovik123, Tauren, WildHeart, and Sharkz (Head Coach) join. Skash joins as substitute.^[2] e

CIS

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⁠VEG

December 22, Sharkz (Head Coach) leaves.^[1]

e

EU	⁠⁠G2	January 2, SharkZ (Assistant Coach) joins.^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠G2	April 30, SharkZ (Assistant Coach) leaves.^[3] e
CIS	⁠⁠VEG	May 1, SharkZ (Head Coach) rejoins. Invi (Analyst to Assistant Coach) changes position.^[6]^[7] e
CIS	⁠⁠VEG	August 15, Roster disbands. NoNholy, Zanzarah, Nomanz, LeX, Optimas, delord, TeamleSS, Drobovik123, and Sharkz (Head Coach) leave.^[5] e
CIS	⁠⁠GMB	August 29, Sharkz (Strategic Coach) joins.^[9] e

CIS	⁠⁠GMB	January 10, SharkZ (Strategic Coach) leaves.^[8] e
EU	⁠⁠G.ESP	January 10, Yoppa, Razork, Kashtelan, Deádly, Mystiques, SharkZ (Head Coach), Nodriza (Analyst), and Haqriim (Team Manager) join. BySa, Diamond, Javier514, and Hominidoz join as substitutes. Th3Antonio moves to substitute. Totor (Team Manager) leaves.^[11] e
EU	⁠⁠VGIA	April 3, ⁠⁠Giants Gaming Spain renames to ⁠⁠Vodafone Giants.^[21] e

EU	⁠⁠VGIA	January 11, MoSiTing (Head Coach) joins. Sharkz (Head Coach) leaves.^[10] e
EU	⁠⁠G2H	January 15, Sharkz (Head Coach) and Aagie (Analyst) join.^[14] e
EU	⁠⁠G2H	October 7, Sharkz (Head Coach) is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[24] e
EU	⁠⁠G2H	December 13, Team disbands following the end of the partnership between G2 Esports and Team Heretics. Lamabear, Gavan, Skain, and Sharkz (Head Coach) leave.^[12]^[13] e

EU	⁠⁠RGO	January 8, Sharkz (Head Coach) joins.^[16] e
EU	⁠⁠RGO	December 4, Sharkz (Head Coach) leaves.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	December 4, Kanani (Head Coach) and Sharkz (Assistant Coach) join.^[18] Kanani (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2021. Sharkz (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2022.^[25] e

NA

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⁠FLY

November 29, Sharkz (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position.^[22]

e

EMEA	⁠⁠FLY	November 18, Sharkz changes residency from CIS CIS to EMEA EMEA. e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	December 19, Ssong (Head Coach) joins. Sharkz (Head Coach to Head of Coaching) changes position.^[23] e

NA	⁠⁠FLY	October 2, Sharkz (Head of Coaching) is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[26] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	November 22, Impact, Vulcan, and Sharkz (Head of Coaching) leave.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 27, Sharkz (Head Coach) joins.^[20] e

NA

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⁠IMT

March 19, Sharkz (Head Coach) leaves.^[19]

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Biography[]

2017 Season[]

Sharkz joined G2 Esports as assistant coach in early 2017. G2 dominated the first half of the domestic split with a perfect 7-0 match record, the team was invited to IEM Katowice to replace Cloud9, who had forfeited their berth. G2 make it to the tournament finals, where they lost 0-2 against the back-to-back LMS champion Flash Wolves.

Trivia[]

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Sharkz Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-03-10	8	LCS 2024 Spring	4 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	Castle, Armao, Mask, Tactical, Olleh, Sharkz, Joey
2022-08-25	7 - 8	LCS 2022 Championship	2 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠FLY	Philip, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz, Richard
2022-08-14	6	LCS 2022 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Philip, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz, Richard
2022-04-10	5 - 6	LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠EG	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz
2022-03-27	5	LCS 2022 Spring	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz, Richard
2022-01-22	5 - 8	LCS 2022 Lock In	0 : 2⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠FLY	Kumo, Josedeodo, toucouille, Johnsun, aphromoo, Sharkz
2021-08-01	9	LCS 2021 Summer	14 - 31⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Licorice, Kumo, Josedeodo, Nxi, Palafox, Triple, Johnsun, Tomo, Dreams, Diamond, Kanani, Sharkz, Phantiks
2021-03-14	8	LCS 2021 Spring	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Licorice, Josedeodo, Palafox, Johnsun, Diamond, Dreams, Kanani, Sharkz
2021-01-24	5 - 8	LCS 2021 Lock In	0 : 2⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠FLY	Licorice, Nxi, Josedeodo, Palafox, Johnsun, Diamond, Kanani, Sharkz
2020-11-15	1	Trinity Force Puchar Polski 2020	3 : 0⁠⁠K1	⁠⁠RGO	Szygenda, Zanzarah, Inspired, Czekolad, Woolite, Trymbi, Sharkz