{"id":4812,"date":"2026-09-08T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playtogame.com.ua\/news\/ruggah-oholosyv-pro-zavershennia-trenerskoi-kar-iery-4812\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:17:06","slug":"ruggah-oholosyv-pro-zavershennia-trenerskoi-kar-iery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playtogame.com.ua\/en\/news\/ruggah-oholosyv-pro-zavershennia-trenerskoi-kar-iery-4812\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruggah announced the end of his coaching career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danish coach ruggah has announced his retirement from professional CS. His coaching career spanned about ten years, during which he worked with virtually all of Denmark&#8217;s top teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 10 years of leading CS teams, I\u2019ve decided it\u2019s time to step away from coaching.<br><br>I\u2019m incredibly grateful to everyone I\u2019ve shared the journey with. It\u2019s been one hell of a ride.<br><br>Thank you \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>&mdash; Casper Due (@casdueh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/casdueh\/status\/2096885380238762116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 38-year-old coach gained his first significant experience in this role in May 2016. At that time, he took the helm at Dignitas, where he worked with such well-known players as MSL and k0nfig. Subsequently, his resume included stints with North and OpTic, and later, the international organization OG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most notable stage of ruggah\u2019s career was his time at Astralis. He joined the team after several years with other Danish organizations, and his tenure with the club ended in June of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ruggah did not specify the reasons behind his decision to step down from coaching. The Dane also hasn\u2019t yet revealed whether he plans to remain in esports in a different role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since leaving Astralis, he has already tried his hand on the other side of the stage. Recently, ruggah worked as an analyst during the group stage of the BLAST Open Porto. 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