Qikert pivots to coaching, joins Spirit Academy
Aleksei "Qikert" Golubev has joined Spirit Academy as the team's new coach, marking the end of a playing career that spanned nearly a decade and saw the Kazakh rifler become a Major champion with Outsiders at IEM Rio Major 2022.
HLTV21 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

The 27-year-old also reached the final of StarLadder Major Berlin with AVANGAR and attended seven Majors during his career, with his latest appearance coming at StarLadder Budapest Major with MIBR .
Spirit Academy 's previous skipper, Vladislav "Flash_1" Bykov , remains with the organization and will coach Spirit Academy White.
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