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SmithZz
Dubourdeaux in 2018
Personal information
Name	Edouard Dubourdeaux
Nationality	French
Career information
Games	Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Playing career	Until 2020
Coaching career	2017–2018
Team history
As player:
2012–2013	VeryGames
2014–2015	Titan
2015	Team EnVyUs
2016–2020	G2 Esports
As coach:
2017–2018	G2 Esports
Career highlights and awards
CS:GO Major champion (Jönköping 2014) HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year (2013)

Edouard Dubourdeaux or SmithZz is a French former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former Counter-Strike: Source player.

Career

SmithZz first joined VeryGames back in 2008 and went on to have great success in the Counter-Strike: Source scene through the years. With some on and off time in the French giants, he finally returned in August 2012 to replace Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, and complete the lineup that would around a month later together switch to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

He was voted the 17th best CS:GO player of 2013 by HLTV.org.

SmithZz previously joined G2.Kinguin (which later became G2 Esports) and has since then been moved into the coaching role in the '2017 French Shuffle.'

In the 2018 French Shuffle, he was reinstated into a playing role for HIFK Esports as part of Richard 'shox' Papillon's project.

On 26 November 2018, G2 Esports announced the signing of Lucky and JaCkz in replacement of SmithZz and his teammate Ex6tenZ

On 3 February 2020, SmithZz announced his retirement as a professional player and his transition to streaming.

Tournament results

Bold denotes a CSGO Major

VeryGames

• 3-4th — 2013 DreamHack Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Championship

Titan

• 9-12th — EMS One Katowice 2014

Team LDLC.com

• 1st — DreamHack Winter 2014

Team EnVyUs

• 3rd — ESL One Katowice 2015

Titan

• 9-12th — ESL One Cologne 2014
• 13-16th — ESL One Cologne 2015
• 9-12th — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015

G2 Esports

• 9-12th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus
• 13-16th — ESL One Cologne 2016
• 11-14th — ELEAGUE Season 1
• 9-12th — ELEAGUE Season 2
• 12-14th — ELEAGUE Major 2017

References

1. "Titan trennt sich von ScreaM, NBK und SmithZz « readmore.de". 3 September 2014.
2. "SmithZz announces retirement".

• Living people
• Counter-Strike players
• G2 Esports players
• Titan (esports) players
• Team Envy players
• French esports players
• Counter-Strike coaches