chopper: leaving Spirit brings some sadness

Former Team Spirit captain Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov has commented on the end of his time with the club, Cybersport.ru reported. He spoke in a comment to BETBOOM.

What he said about leaving

chopper said a very big stage of his life has ended. He described Team Spirit as not just an organization but, to some extent, a family, and said he gained a great deal of life experience there.

He said he came a long way with people with whom he built a whole organization as well as a team. There is nostalgia, he said, as if something big that was part of his life for a long time is now behind him. In his words, there is also a little sadness.

He called Team Spirit a wonderful organization but said the people he worked with matter most, and that he is very glad of the path they shared.

The most memorable moment

Asked for the most memorable moment of his career, chopper said it was undoubtedly the victory in Katowice. He said it changed his view of his own abilities as a player and helped him see that far more is possible than you imagine.

At that moment, he said, he realized he could achieve a great deal. For him, it remained the most memorable moment of his career, even more than winning a Major.

Background

Cybersport.ru reported that chopper officially left Team Spirit on Nov. 6. He had been on the club’s reserve list since December 2025.

As a Spirit player he won many international tournaments, including Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. He earlier said he does not plan to return to the pro CS2 scene, though he added that he may become a coach in the future.