Adam (Adam Maanane)

Adam
Adam
Background Information
Name	Adam Maanane
Country of Birth	; France
Birthday	December 30, 2001 (age 22)
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Prev Residencies	EUEurope
Competitive
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Ricadam
Soloqueue IDs	EUW: Nothing much, Adamdam, Shoei Baro, Shidou Ryusei, Adam 17 Ans TerS, FHKDGrtHOguTHG3w, Thats my toplane, Adam 20ans LEC, Sigmα Grindset
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Adam "Adam" Maanane is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for Team BDS. He was previously known as Ricadam.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Adam. Two other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Olympe eSports	Nov 20192019-11-12^[2]	Dec 20192019-12-29^[1]	1mo 17d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Initial Esports	Jan 20202020-01-23^[4]	Mar 20202020-03-23^[3]	2mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unfazed Esport	Mar 20202020-03-23^[6]	Mar 20202020-03-30^[5]	7d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Kameto Corp	Mar 20202020-03-30^[5]	Oct 20202020-10-05^[7]	6mo 6d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Karmine Corp	Nov 20202020-11-16^[14]	May 20212021-05-12^[13]	5mo 26d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Fnatic	May 20212021-05-25^[17]	Nov 20212021-11-24^[16]	5mo 30d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team BDS	Dec 20212021-12-20^[20]	May 20222022-05-31^[18]	5mo 11d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team BDS Academy	May 20222022-05-31^[18]	Dec 20222022-12-20^[21]	6mo 20d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team BDS	Dec 20222022-12-20^[21]	Nov 20242024-11-30^[23]	1yr 11mo ejel

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Olympe eSports	Nov 20192019-11-12^[2]	Dec 20192019-12-29^[1]	1mo 17d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Initial Esports	Jan 20202020-01-23^[4]	Mar 20202020-03-23^[3]	2mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unfazed Esport	Mar 20202020-03-23^[6]	Mar 20202020-03-30^[5]	7d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Kameto Corp	Mar 20202020-03-30^[5]	Oct 20202020-10-05^[7]	6mo 6d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Karmine Corp	Nov 20202020-11-16^[14]	May 20212021-05-12^[13]	5mo 26d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Fnatic	May 20212021-05-25^[17]	Nov 20212021-11-24^[16]	5mo 30d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team BDS	Dec 20212021-12-20^[20]	May 20222022-05-31^[18]	5mo 11d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team BDS Academy	May 20222022-05-31^[18]	Dec 20222022-12-20^[21]	6mo 20d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team BDS	Dec 20222022-12-20^[21]	Nov 20242024-11-30^[23]	1yr 11mo ejel

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

EU	⁠⁠OLY	November 12, Ricadam, Inkroma, Skysharingan, Filou, Bell, Galib (Coach), and Mel (Manager) join.^[2] e
EU	⁠⁠OLY	December 29, Ricadam leaves.^[1] e

EU	⁠⁠INIT	January 23, Adam, Guertas, Numandiel, Araignée, and Kanryuu join.^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠INIT	March 23, Ricadam leaves.^[3] e
EU	⁠⁠UFZ	March 23, Ricadam joins.^[6] e
EU	⁠⁠UFZ	March 30, Ricadam, Wylenz, Akabane, Eyhro, NUCLEAR INT, Jujutw0, Helaz, Rejakar (Assistant Coach), and Malau (Manager) leave.^[5] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	March 30, Adam, Akabane, Nuclearint, Jujutw0, Helaz, Rejakar (Head Coach), Malau (Manager), and Kameto (Owner,CEO) join.^[5] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	October 5, Adam, Akabane, Nuclearint, Jujutw0, Helaz, Rejakar (Head Coach), Reha (Data Analyst), Malau (Manager), and Striker (Positional Coach) leave.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	November 16, Adam and Shanky (Manager) join.^[14]^[15] e

EU	⁠⁠KC	January 11, Adam, Cinkrof, and Saken's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 14 November 2022. xMatty and Targamas' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 14 November 2021.^[24] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	May 12, Adam leaves.^[13] e
EU	⁠⁠FNC	May 25, Adam joins.^[17] e
EU	⁠⁠FNC	June 1, Adam's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[25] e
EU	⁠⁠FNC	November 24, Adam leaves.^[16] e
EU	⁠⁠BDS	December 20, Adam, Cinkrof, NUCLEARINT, xMatty, and LIMIT join. Erdote leaves.^[20] e

EU	⁠⁠BDS	January 14, Adam and NUCLEARINT's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Cinkrof, xMatty, and Grabbz (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[26] e
EU	⁠⁠BDS	May 31, Agresivoo and Erdote join from academy roster. LIMIT becomes inactive. Adam leaves for academy roster.^[18]^[19] e
EU	⁠⁠BDSA	May 31, Dreamer Ace joins. Adam joins from main roster.^[18]^[19] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BDSA	November 18, Adam changes residency from EU Europe to EMEA EMEA. e
EMEA	⁠⁠BDSA	December 20, Adam, Sheo, Crownie, GotoOne (Head Coach), and MenQ (Assistant Coach) leave for main roster.^[21]^[22] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BDS	December 20, Labrov, Striker (Assistant Coach), Arces (Analyst), and Clément (Performance Coach) join. Sheo, Crownie, GotoOne (Head Coach), and MenQ (Assistant Coach) join from academy roster. Adam rejoins from academy roster. LIMIT becomes inactive.^[21]^[22] e

EMEA

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⁠BDS

December 22,
Ice and Ruuxi (Assistant Coach) join.
Sheo and MenQ (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are extended.
Adam,
nuc,
Labrov, and Arces (Analyst) will remain with the team for 2024.
Crownie becomes inactive. Clément (Performance Coach) leaves.^[27]

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EMEA

⁠

⁠BDS

November 30,
Adam leaves.^[23]

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Biography[]

Trivia[]

Used to be very well known under his previous account username "Adam 16 Ans TerS" in the French scene.
Known for his aggressive playstyle
He is good friends with Akabane and NUCLEARINT (previously teammates in Kameto Corp).
In 2019, he submitted a clip to Fnatic for their Guess My ELO series.^[28] It was a clip of TF Blade's Irelia getting outplayed by his Darius.
- The players who reviewed his clip, Bwipo and Hylissang, became his teammates in Fnatic in May 2021.
Plays without in-game sounds and with a custom music soundtrack allowed by referees due to having tinnitus.
During Worlds 2023, fans jokingly referred to the Worlds song "GODS" when describing his champion pool. It is also an acronym for "Garen - Olaf - Darius - Sett".^[29]
French casters call him "Le Petit Prince".^[30]

Individual Awards[]

EU 2nd All-Pro Team x2 (Summer 2021, Spring 2023)

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2024-07-27	EMEA EMEA	LEC 2024 Summer Playoffs			K'Sante	Top	L	9/2/7	Link
2022-09-07	EU Europe	EM 2022 Summer Main Event			Gnar	Top	W	7/2/3	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Adam (Adam Maanane) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-12-06	3	NNO Cup Season 2	2 : 3⁠⁠PIGS	⁠⁠FF	Adam, Joinze, Kamiloo, Booshi, Trayton
2024-08-23	4	LEC 2024 Season Finals	2 : 3⁠⁠G2	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-07-27	3	LEC 2024 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠G2	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-06-30	2	LEC 2024 Summer	8 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-04-13	3	LEC 2024 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠FNC	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-03-25	5	LEC 2024 Spring	5 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-02-17	3	LEC 2024 Winter Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠MDK	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, JNX, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2024-01-29	2	LEC 2024 Winter	7 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Ice, Labrov, Striker, MenQ
2023-10-23	15 - 16	Worlds 2023	0 : 2⁠⁠DK	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Crownie, Labrov, GotoOne, Striker
2023-10-09	Q	Worlds Qualifying Series 2023	3 : 0⁠⁠GG	⁠⁠BDS	Adam, Sheo, nuc, Crownie, Labrov, GotoOne, Striker

Media[]

2021
2023
2024

May 25, ADAM : "L'offre de Fnatic, je ne pouvais pas la refuser" with Laure Valée on YouTube
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June 24, Adam on working with Bwipo: "His way of reading patterns of enemy junglers and how he adapts is insane." with John Popko on Inven Global
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August 4, Interview with Fnatic top-laner Adam: ‘I want to go to Worlds directly this season, and show the world there’s a top-laner in Europe that can match all the legends in Asia’ with Megalodontus on Esports News UK
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February 11, "Why do you play Sett & Darius?" Adam takes questions from SKT Wolf & Korean fans with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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April 5, Voice of Yamato 42 - Adam and Striker #LEC #BDS with YamatoCannon on YouTube
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September 1, [LEC FINALS 2023] BDS Adam on his Political Past, Tinnitus and Getting Brock Lesnar To UFC. with DonJake on YouTube
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October 21, Adam talks his RISING ESPORTS FAME with Korean fans with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 26, BDS Adam and Striker talk Trouble in Paradise, Arrogance and The Napoleonic Wars with DonJake on YouTube
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April 10, BDS Adam: "Losing [against G2] will help us improve even more." with Armand Luque on YouTube
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July 17, BDS Adam: "It's this split or never [...] If we don't believe in ourselves, we will never achieve a title." with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-07-23	LEC 2024 Summer Playoffs	BDS vs GX	Link
2024-06-16	LEC 2024 Summer	KC vs BDS	Link
2024-06-08	LEC 2024 Summer	VIT vs BDS	Link
2024-03-25	LEC 2024 Spring	KC vs BDS	Link
2024-03-11	LEC 2024 Spring	RGE vs BDS	Link
2024-02-03	LEC 2024 Winter Playoffs	BDS vs TH	Link
2024-01-14	LEC 2024 Winter	GX vs BDS	Link
2023-10-14	Worlds 2023 Play-In	CFO vs BDS	Link
2023-10-09	Worlds Qualifying Series 2023	BDS vs GG	Link
2023-08-26	LEC 2023 Season Finals	BDS vs SK	Link
2023-07-16	LEC 2023 Summer Groups	TH vs BDS	Link
2023-07-02	LEC 2023 Summer Season	BDS vs VIT	Link
2023-06-18	LEC 2023 Summer Season	KOI vs BDS	Link
2023-04-09	LEC 2023 Spring Groups	BDS vs SK	Link
2023-03-13	LEC 2023 Spring Season	BDS vs TH	Link
2023-01-30	LEC 2023 Winter Season	BDS vs MAD	Link
2023-01-28	LEC 2023 Winter Season	FNC vs BDS	Link
2023-01-22	LEC 2023 Winter Season	SK vs BDS	Link
2022-08-10	LFL 2022 Summer Playoffs	LDLC vs BDSA	Link
2022-07-21	LFL 2022 Summer	BDSA vs MSFP	Link
2022-07-06	LFL 2022 Summer	BDSA vs SLY	Link
2022-06-21	LFL 2022 Summer	GO vs BDSA	Link
2022-06-08	LFL 2022 Summer	BDSA vs SLY	Link
2022-01-28	LEC 2022 Spring	BDS vs AST	Link
2021-08-20	LEC 2021 Summer Playoffs	MSF vs FNC	Link
2021-06-26	LEC 2021 Summer	G2 vs FNC	Link
2021-05-02	EM 2021 Spring Main Event	KC vs BTXL	Link
2021-03-25	LFL 2021 Spring Playoffs	KC vs MSFP	Link
2021-03-11	LFL 2021 Spring	KC vs MSFP	Link
2021-03-03	LFL 2021 Spring	KC vs MCES	Link
2021-02-04	LFL 2021 Spring	IZI vs KC	Link
2021-02-03	LFL 2021 Spring	LDLC vs KC	Link
2021-01-21	LFL 2021 Spring	KC vs SLY	Link