MANTARRAYA

MANTARRAYA
Retired
MANTARRAYA
Background Information
Name	Juan Ignacio Abdón
Country of Birth	; Uruguay
Birthday	May 6, 1994 (age 30)
Residency	LATLatin America
Prev Residencies	LASLAS
Competitive
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Juan Ignacio "MANTARRAYA" Abdón is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for XTEN Esports.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
LAS	⁠⁠PEX Team	Dec 20132013-12-07	Dec 20142014-12-29^[1]	1yr 22d ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Isurus	Dec 20142014-12-29^[3]	Apr 20152015-04-19^[2]	3mo 21d ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Rebirth eSports	Sep 20152015-09-30^[5]	May 20172017-05-02^[4]	1yr 7mo ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers	May 20172017-05-03^[7]	Dec 20172017-12-20^[6]	7mo 17d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠Predators Esports	Dec 20172017-12-20^[8]	Dec 20182018-12-12	1yr 23d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠XTEN Esports	Dec 20182018-12-12	Nov 20192019-11-20^[9]	11mo 8d ejel

	Team	Start	End
LAS	⁠⁠Pineapple Express	Dec 20132013-12-07	Apr 20142014-04-01	3mo 25d ejel
LAS	⁠⁠PEX Team	Apr 20142014-04-01	Dec 20142014-12-29^[1]	8mo 28d ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Isurus	Dec 20142014-12-29^[3]	Apr 20152015-04-19^[2]	3mo 21d ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Rebirth eSports	Sep 20152015-09-30^[5]	May 20172017-05-02^[4]	1yr 7mo ejel
LAS	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers	May 20172017-05-03^[7]	Dec 20172017-12-20^[6]	7mo 17d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠Predators Esports	Dec 20172017-12-20^[8]	Nov 20182018-11-27^[10]	11mo 7d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠Predators Esports	Nov 20182018-11-27^[10]	Dec 20182018-12-12	15d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠XTEN Esports	Dec 20182018-12-12	May 20192019-05-09^[11]	4mo 28d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠XTEN Esports	May 20192019-05-09^[11]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[9]	6mo 11d ejel

News

2013
2014
2015
2017
2018
2019

LAS

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⁠Pineapple

December 7,
MANTARRAYA,
FraGio,
Uri,
Megajp, and
Badmilk join.

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LAS	⁠⁠PEX	April 1, ⁠⁠Pineapple Express renames to ⁠⁠PEX Team. e
LAS	⁠⁠PEX	December 29, MANTARRAYA leaves.^[1] e
LAS	⁠⁠ISG	December 29, MANTARRAYA joins. El Dari leaves.^[3] e

LAS	⁠⁠ISG	April 19, MANTARRAYA, Genthix, Vlokz, Dinamox, Prophuth, and Badmilk leave. wardz (temporary substitute) leaves.^[2] e
LAS	⁠⁠RBT	September 30, MANTARRAYA, Megajp, Pierre (Head Coach), and Nalganeitor (Analyst) join. Frescolita joins as substitute. Ninyamn leaves.^[5] e

LAS	⁠⁠RBT	May 2, MANTARRAYA leaves.^[4] e
LAS	⁠⁠KLG	May 3, MANTARRAYA joins.^[7] e
LAS	⁠⁠KLG	December 20, MANTARRAYA leaves.^[6] e
LAN	⁠⁠PDS	December 20, MANTARRAYA joins.^[8] e

LAN	⁠⁠PDS	November 27, MANTARRAYA moves to substitute.^[10] e
LAT	⁠⁠PDS	December 4, MANTARRAYA changes residency from LAS LAS to LAT Latin America. e
LAN	⁠⁠PDS	December 12, MANTARRAYA, Enatsu (Head Coach), and Rohclem (Analyst) leave. e
LAT	⁠⁠XTN	December 12, Enatsu (Head Coach) and Rohclem (Analyst) join. MANTARRAYA joins as substitute. e

LAT	⁠⁠XTN	May 9, Blossom, Sky, Fix, Baula, and Crecre join. MANTARRAYA moves to starting roster. Minibestia moves to substitute.^[11] e
LAT	⁠⁠XTN	May 12, MANTARRAYA, Blossom, Sky, Fix, Baula, Crecre, and Minibestia (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[12] e
LAT	⁠⁠XTN	November 20, MANTARRAYA, Baula, and Skin (Analyst) leave.^[9] e

Biography[]

Juan Ignacio Abdón was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is currently in college, studying to become a Computer Programmer/Engineer. He began playing League of Legends in August, 2010. The first champion he played was Gragas. When the Latin America South server launched, he decided to create a serious team to play in tournaments. He has had the full support of his family in his gaming career.

Trivia[]

MANTARRAYA 2016 — **MANTARRAYA** talking about his life in a **Riot** section called "Retadores de la Copa".

Before I was a CSGO player.^[13]
He founded PEX with Badmilk and Megajp.
His name means "Stingray" in english. He says "Stingrays are neat".
Enjoys exercising and staying fit.
He likes to play weakside.^[13]
Got to rank #1 mostly playing Akali in past seasons.
Hopes to see himself selling hot dogs at a hot dog stand in 10 years from now.
The caster Phreak asked him how his nickname was pronounced.^[13]
After his departure from Isurus he preferred to finish his studies.^[13]
He ended the season 6 in rank #1 in LAS server.

Notable Events as Broadcast Talent[]

LLA 2020 Closing - Invited

Tournament Results[]

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

MANTARRAYA Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2019-08-18	4	LLA 2019 Closing Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠ISG	⁠⁠XTN	MANTARRAYA, Xypherz, Sky, Feiz, Baula, Crecre, David, Skin
2019-08-04	6	LLA 2019 Closing	8 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠XTN	MANTARRAYA, Blossom, Xypherz, Sky, Fix, Feiz, Baula, Crecre, Minibestia, Fix Ma, David, Skin
2018-09-01	3 - 4	LLN 2018 Closing Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠INF	⁠⁠PDS	MANTARRAYA, LiquidDiego, Zelt, Peluchin, Baula, Enatsu
2018-08-25	2	LLN 2018 Closing	10 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PDS	MANTARRAYA, Dat, LiquidDiego, Zelt, Peluchin, Baula, Enatsu
2018-03-30	5 - 6	LLN 2018 Opening Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠GG	⁠⁠PDS	Mantarraya, Acerola, Deps, Icytower, Xuradel, GeneralMint, Arce, Teboo
2018-03-23	4	LLN 2018 Opening	7 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PDS	Mantarraya, Acerola, Deps, Icytower, Xuradel, GeneralMint, Arce, Teboo
2017-12-02	1	Rio de la Plata Cup 2017	3 : 2⁠⁠ISG	⁠⁠KLG	MANTARRAYA, Tierwulf, Plugo, Fix, Slow
2017-11-04	21 - 24	Worlds 2017	1 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KLG	MANTARRAYA, Tierwulf, Plugo, Fix, Slow, Pierre
2017-08-19	1	CLS 2017 Closing Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠ISG	⁠⁠KLG	MANTARRAYA, Tierwulf, Plugo, Fix, Slow, Pierre
2017-07-21	1	CLS 2017 Closing	8-3-1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KLG	MANTARRAYA, Tierwulf, Plugo, Fix, Slow, Pierre

Media[]

2016
2017

February 11, Enfrentamiento Destacado: MANTARRAYA vs Nipphu (Spanish) by , and on Riot Maggical
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March 3, Enfrentamiento Destacado: MANTARRAYA vs Buggax (Spanish) by , and on Riot Maggical
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March 8, Retadores de la Copa: RBT MANTARRAYA (Spanish) by , and on Riot Maggical
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June 1, Enfrentamiento Destacado: element vs MANTARRAYA (Spanish) by Riot Maggical on LoL Esports LAS
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June 16, Enfrentamiento Destacado: Accelerator vs MANTARRAYA (Spanish) by Riot Maggical on LoL Esports LAS
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August 17, Cara a cara: MANTARRAYA vs Pride (Spanish) by , and on Tommy
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October 2, MANTARRAYA 2 - La Secuela (Spanish) by , and on Riot Maggical
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-08-10	LLA 2019 Closing Playoffs	FG vs XTN	Link
2019-07-01	LLA 2019 Closing	INF vs XTN
2017-08-19	CLS 2017 Closing Playoffs	KLG vs ISG
2017-06-15	CLS 2017 Closing	KLG vs B2K
2017-01-20	CLS 2017 Opening	RBT vs ISG
2016-06-30	LAS 2016 Closing Cup	ISG vs RBT
2016-06-16	LAS 2016 Closing Cup	HAF vs RBT
2016-06-01	LAS 2016 Closing Cup	KLG vs RBT
2016-02-05	LAS 2016 Opening Cup	RBT vs ISG