The South African player Aran “Sonic” Groesbeek will not continue his career in competitive CS:GO. The 23-year-old announced his retirement on Twitter today.
Id like to announce that I’ve decided not to return to Professional Counterstrike. It was an incredibly hard decision. Instead I’ll be returning to America to work toward my other passion which is Business. Thank you to the teams who considered me and those who follow me ❤️
— Sonic (@Sonic_cs) April 13, 2022
Sonic has been benched on Extra Salt since October last year. His career started on the South African team Bravado Gaming in 2015 before he moved to the United States, where he joined Cloud9 before transitioning to Extra Salt. Here he was part of the team that won two consecutive DreamHack Open North America tournaments in March and June 2021.
You can see some of the best highlights from Sonic in the video below.
