Xantares

İsmailcan Dörtkardeş (born 7 August 1995), better known as Xantares (stylized in all caps), is a Turkish professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Eternal Fire.

After signing for BIG Clan later that year, the team climbed up in HLTV's world ranking and peaked at number 1 in July 2020 after winning several tournaments.

[1][2] In a 2016 interview with Sabah, Dörtkardeş explained that his future teammates had to convince his parents to let him sign the contract that they all got offered by Space Soldiers.

[5] In October 2016, the Turkish National CS:GO Team consisting of Dörtkardeş and other Space Soldiers players won the World Championship 2016 after beating Argentina in the grand final.

[16] On 22 December 2018, Dörtkardeş joined an international team for the first time by signing with Germany-based BIG Clan.

[27] In April 2022, the team qualified for a Major for the first time: PGL Antwerp 2022,[28] but got eliminated by Made in Brazil in the Challengers stage.

Later that month, they played at ESL Pro League Season 17, exiting the tournament in the group stages.

Six months later, XANTARES and his teammates two finals in S-Tier events, the highest level of competition except Majors, in the Bet Boom Dacha and the most recognized ESL Pro League Season 20, beating once again Team Vitality and pushing NaVi to a decider in the grand final.