Irean

Irean
Retired as Player
Irean
Background Information
Name	Heo Yeong-cheol (허영철)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	October 25, 1989 (age 35)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Beşiktaş Esports
Contract Expires	2025-11-17
Role	; Coach
Competitive IDs	Legend, Robin
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Heo "Irean" Yeong-cheol (Hangul: 허영철) is a League of Legends esports player, currently head coach for Beşiktaş Esports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Tempest	May 20122012-05-30^[2]	Nov 20122012-11-12^[1]	5mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Xenics Storm	Nov 20122012-11-12^[4]	Jun 20132013-06-02^[3]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Alienware Rangers	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-??	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??	≈1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Alienware TOP	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??	≈Jan 2014≈2014-01-??	≈2mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Saigon Fantastic Five	May 20142014-05-16	Nov 20152015-11-30^[5]	1yr 6mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Saigon Jokers	May 20142014-05-16^[7]	Nov 20162016-11-28^[6]	2yr 6mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Jan 20172017-01-05^[9]	May 20172017-05-10^[8]	4mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠DS Gaming	Jun 20172017-06-07	≈Dec 2017≈2017-12-??^[13]	≈6mo 15d ejel
TR	⁠⁠SuperMassive	Dec 20172017-12-01^[15]	Nov 20182018-11-29^[14]	11mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20182018-12-04^[17]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[16]	11mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Dec 20192019-12-02^[19]	Oct 20202020-10-20^[18]	10mo 18d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Galatasaray Esports	May 20212021-05-18^[21]	Dec 20212021-12-19^[20]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠NS RedForce	Apr 20222022-04-06^[23]	Feb 20242024-02-16^[22]	1yr 10mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Beşiktaş Esports	Jan 20252025-01-17^[24]	Present	3mo 29d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Tempest	May 20122012-05-30^[2]	Nov 20122012-11-12^[1]	5mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Xenics Storm	Nov 20122012-11-12^[4]	Jun 20132013-06-02^[3]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Alienware Rangers	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-??	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??	≈1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Alienware TOP	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??	≈Jan 2014≈2014-01-??	≈2mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Saigon Fantastic Five	May 20142014-05-16	Nov 20152015-11-30^[5]	1yr 6mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Saigon Jokers	May 20142014-05-16^[7]	??? 2016≈2016-??-??	≈1yr 7mo ejel
SEA	⁠⁠Saigon Jokers	??? 2016≈2016-??-??	Nov 20162016-11-28^[6]	≈10mo 27d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Jan 20172017-01-05^[9]	May 20172017-05-10^[8]	4mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠DS Gaming	Jun 20172017-06-07	≈Dec 2017≈2017-12-??^[13]	≈6mo 15d ejel
TR	⁠⁠SuperMassive	Dec 20172017-12-01^[15]	Nov 20182018-11-29^[14]	11mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20182018-12-04^[17]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[16]	11mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Dec 20192019-12-02^[19]	Oct 20202020-10-20^[18]	10mo 18d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Galatasaray Esports	May 20212021-05-18^[21]	Dec 20212021-12-19^[20]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠NS RedForce	Apr 20222022-04-06^[23]	Feb 20242024-02-16^[22]	1yr 10mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Beşiktaş Esports	Jan 20252025-01-17^[24]	Present	3mo 29d ej

News

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KR	⁠⁠Tempest	May 30, ⁠⁠Tempest is formed. ŁØAÐ, H0R0, Angel, Legend, Sleepy, and YellOw (Head Coach) join.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠Tempest	October 4, Legend renames to Robin. e
KR	⁠⁠Tempest	November 12, ⁠⁠Tempest is disbanded. ŁØAÐ, AnimalDAX, Angel, Robin, Impact, and YellOw (Head Coach) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠XS	November 12, ⁠⁠Xenics Storm transfers its roster to ⁠⁠Team OP and acquires the roster of ⁠⁠Tempest. ŁØAÐ, Angel, and Robin join. Impact rejoins. May, Nolja, Cornsalad, SBS, and ManyReason leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠XS	December 20, Robin renames to irean. e

KR	⁠⁠XS	June 2, Arrow joins. irean leaves.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠AWR	October (approx.), Lo, Su, aPA, Ares, Irean, and VicaL (Coach) join. e
KR	⁠⁠AWR	November (approx.), Lo, Su, aPA, Ares, Irean, and VicaL (Coach) leave. e
KR	⁠⁠AWT	November (approx.), Lo, Shadow, Su, Joy, Irean, and Ares join. e

KR	⁠⁠AWT	January (approx.), Lo, Shadow, Su, Joy, Irean, and Ares leave. e
SEA	⁠⁠SF5	May 16, Irean (Analyst) joins. e
SEA	⁠⁠SAJ	May 16, Irean (Analyst) joins.^[7] e

SEA

⁠

⁠SF5

November 30, ⁠

⁠Saigon Fantastic Five is disbanded.
Row,
Sena,
Curot,
Tartarus,
Sunny,
Genz,
FYF,
Puf, icaruse (Head Coach), and Irean (Analyst) leave.^[5]

e

SEA	⁠⁠SAJ	2016 (approx.), Irean (Analyst to Coach) changes position. e
SEA	⁠⁠SAJ	November 28, ⁠⁠Saigon Jokers is disbanded. Row, HanYiAn, Heaven, Lovida, Warzone, Celebrity, Slay, RonOP, Tsu, yT, Yi Jin, Venus, Adc, Suicunee, Irean (Coach), Nixwater (Analyst), and icaruse (Team Manager) leave.^[6] e

EU	⁠⁠VIT	January 5, Djoko and Irean (Head Coach) join. Alderiate, GBM, and AoD join as substitutes. Shook and Hjarnan leave.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	May 10, Vander joins. Hachani and Irean (Head Coach) leave.^[8] e
CN	⁠⁠DS	June 7, Irean (Head Coach) joins. e
TR	⁠⁠SUP	December 1, Irean (Head Coach) joins. Lethilion (Head Coach/Co-Owner to Co-Owner) changes position.^[15] e
CN	⁠⁠DS	December (approx.), DS Gaming transfers its LDL spot to TyLoo and disbands. HX, inSec, XiaoPeng, chirchri, Police, xintai, Unicorn, ZhuangZhou, Irean (Head Coach), and Kim Hae-seong (Coach) leave.^[13] e

TR	⁠⁠SUP	November 29, Irean (Head Coach) leaves.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	December 4, Irean (Strategic Coach) joins.^[17] e

NA	⁠⁠CLG	November 18, Irean (Strategic Coach) leaves.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	December 2, Irean (Head Coach) joins.^[19] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	December 16, Bang and Irean (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[25] e

NA

⁠

⁠EG

October 20, Irean (Head Coach) leaves.^[18]

e

TR	⁠⁠GS	May 18, Irean (Head Coach) joins. Basei (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.^[21] e
TR	⁠⁠GS	June 4, Crazy, Alive, and Irean (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[26] e
TR	⁠⁠GS	October 18, Irean (Head Coach) is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[27] e
TR	⁠⁠GS	December 19, Irean (Head Coach) leaves.^[20] e

KR	⁠⁠NS	April 6, Irean (Head Coach) joins.^[23] e
KR	⁠⁠NS	April 8, Irean (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[28] e

KR

⁠

⁠NS

February 16, Chelly (Coach to Interim Head Coach) changes position. Irean (Head Coach) leaves.^[22]

e

EMEA	⁠⁠BJK	January 17, Photon, Chef, TolanD, Neon, Paixdia, Irean (Head Coach), and HirumaY (Assistant Coach) join.^[24] e
EMEA	⁠⁠BJK	January 20, Photon, CHEF, TolanD, Neon, Paixdia, and Irean (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[29] e

Biography

Heo "Irean" Yeong-cheol previously played AD for Xenics Storm. He retired from professional play and became an analyst for the Vietnamese sister teams Saigon Jokers and Saigon Fantastic Five. After Saigon Fantastic Five disbanded, he became the coach for Saigon Jokers.

Trivia

Tournament Results

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

Irean Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-09	4	TCL 2025 Spring	7 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BJK	Photon, Chef, Mask, Lens, Six0x, Paixdia, Irean, HirumaY
2025-03-03	6	TCL 2025 Winter Playoffs	0 : 2⁠⁠MISA	⁠⁠BJK	Photon, Chef, TolanD, Neon, Paixdia, Irean, HirumaY
2025-02-27	6	TCL 2025 Winter	5 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BJK	Photon, Kireas, Chef, TolanD, Neon, Paixdia, Irean, HirumaY
2024-03-24	8	LCK 2024 Spring	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NS	DnDn, Sylvie, FIESTA, Callme, Calix, Jiwoo, Peter, irean, Coco, Chelly, Noblesse
2023-08-06	9	LCK 2023 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NS	DnDn, Sylvie, Quad, FIESTA, vital, Jiwoo, Peter, Irean, Coco
2023-03-19	10	LCK 2023 Spring	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NS	DnDn, Sylvie, FIESTA, Callme, vital, Peter, Irean, Coco
2022-08-14	8	LCK 2022 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NS	Canna, Dread, Sylvie, Bdd, Ghost, Effort, Peter, SnowFlower, Irean, Comet
2021-10-08	19 - 20	Worlds 2021	2 : 3⁠⁠BYG	⁠⁠GS	Crazy, Mojito, Bolulu, Alive, Zergsting, Irean
2021-09-04	1	TCL 2021 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠NASR	⁠⁠GS	Crazy, Mojito, Bolulu, Alive, Zergsting, Irean, Basei
2021-08-08	1	TCL 2021 Summer	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GS	Crazy, Mojito, Bolulu, Alive, Zergsting, Irean, Basei