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Current team | |
Team | Moist Esports |
Game | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
Personal information | |
Name | Zain Naghmi |
Born | [1] | June 11, 1996
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Team history | |
2018–2019 | Panda Global |
2020–2023 | Golden Guardians |
2023–present | Moist Esports |
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Followers | 73,700 |
Last updated: April 12, 2024 |
Zain Naghmi (/zæn/ or /zeɪn/,[2] born June 11, 1996), more commonly known by his tag Zain, is an American Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Reston, Virginia. Beginning his career in 2014, he rapidly climbed the ranks, becoming a ranked top 100 player in the world within only two years, a top 10 player since 2018 and was ranked the number one player in the world in 2022. Naghmi plays Marth and is currently considered the best Marth player in the world.[3][4] He was sponsored by Golden Guardians from February 2020 to March 2023. In April 2023, he was signed by Moist Esports.
His most notable tournament placings include first at GENESIS 7 and GENESIS 8, second at The Big House 9 and Smash Summit 11 and third at Smash Summit 12 and Super Smash Con 2019. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked Naghmi as the ninth-greatest Melee player of all time.[5]