Puppey

Clement "Puppey" Ivanov is an Estonian professional Dota 2 player currently captaining for. Clement has enjoyed one of the most decorated careers in professional Dota 2, having participated in the Grand Finals of three International tournaments, and two Dota 2 Major Championships. Clement is widely regarded as one of the most respected captains in the professional scene, not only for his play but for his exceptional drafting ability.

Biography
Puppey is one of the most prolific and storied captains in Dota. He is not afraid to experiment, even in important matches. Despite the fact that he plays Jungler and Support most often, he is effective in any role.

Puppey's good knowledge of the English language allowed him to play in many of the best European teams. Clement is an open and sociable man. Among other things he has a musical education, he can play the clarinet, violin, guitar and saxophone. He sang in the choir for 12 years and has since he was five years old. His dream is to start his own group. One of the tallest pro players standing as 6'5 (196 cm).

Natus Vincere
After being recruited to Na`Vi, Puppey helped his team to victory in both the 2011 International and ESCW. In both of these tournaments he showed an incredible ability to micro as well as fantastic prediction with Chen's ability to send heroes back to the base. After Artstyle left Na`Vi, Puppey took over as captain and has proved on many occasions to be an exceptional captain in his own right.

Team Secret
In August 2014, Puppey left Na'Vi, and teamed up with BigDaddy and Fly from Fnatic, s4 from Alliance and fellow Na'Vi player KuroKy to form Team Secret. Team Secret has since undergone a number of roster changes, but has remained under Puppey's captaincy throughout. Puppey is now the only member from the original Team Secret to still play for the brand.

Trivia

 * Puppey has actively competed in every International - a record only matched by KuroKy.
 * Puppey is the first player to win two Valve events, with his victories at The International 2011 with Natus Vincere and at The Shanghai Major 2016 with Team Secret.
 * On October 9th 2016, EternalEnvy released a blog post accusing Puppey and Kemal of mishandling tournament winnings, as well as taking a 10% pay cut without the knowledge of the other players. The post later went on to claim that Puppey had also physically threatened team members, most notably w33, and a video was released showing Puppey destroying a monitor.
 * Puppey joins Miracle- and s4 as the third player to ever win two Valve majors and one International.
 * Has played in an impressive 8 Major and 3 International finals, a record unmatched by any player.

2015

 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2015-08-03: Interview with Puppey - The International 2015 (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)
 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2015-07-31: Интервью с Secret.Puppey от Dota2RuHub (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / 🇨🇳 China 2015-02-03: Puppey Kuroky Dendi Conference Ehome @DAC 2015
 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2015-02-02: Interview with Secret.Puppey after Groupstage (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)

2014

 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2014-07-12: Puppey Interview after groupstage @ The International 2014 (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2014-07-12: TI4 Interview: Puppey and EternaLEnVy interviewed by Hot_Bid
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2014-04-11: Interview with Na'Vi Puppey & Kuroky
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2014-01-17: Interview with Na'Vi.Puppey by Sheever

2013

 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2013-11-30: Draskyl & Puppey: "Some games you see so many midas and you just think, can we see less midases?"
 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2013-10-15: Interview with Puppey @ SLTV 7 (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2013-08-10: Puppey's Fantasy Team
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2013-08-09: Puppey on Na´Vi´s fountain hook strat - The International 2013
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2013-08-07: The International 2013 - Interview with Puppey

2012

 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2012-12-25: Interview: One on one with Captain Puppan @ StarLadder Season 4
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2012-11-22: DreamHack Winter 2012 - Day 1: Interview with Puppey
 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2012-10-24: Interview with Na`Vi.Puppey after StarLadder Season 3 (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2012-06-16: DHS12 - Day 1: Interview with Puppey from NA`VI
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2012-03-06: Puppey: We face-palmed but kept playing

2011

 * 🇷🇺 Russia 2011-08-17: Gamescom 2011: Interview XBOCT + Puppey (🇬🇧 United Kingdom English subtitles)