Rookie
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Rookie
Player Information
Name:
송의진
Romanized Name:
Song Eui-jin
Nationality:
Born:
March 11, 1997 (age 27)
Region:
KoreaStatus:
Active
Role:
Team:
Alternate IDs:
Most 3
Approx. Total Winnings:
$638,073
Links
Achievements
History
| 2013-10-07 — 2014-10-06 |  KT Rolster Arrows |
| 2014-12-18 — 2021-12-03 | Invictus Gaming |
| 2021-12-23 — 2022-12-09 | Victory Five |
| 2022-12-09 — 2023-12-02 | Top Esports |
| 2023-12-14 — Present | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
Upcoming Matches
| NIP | vs (Bo3) |  TES |
| July 23, 2024 - 19:00 CST | ||
| NIP | vs (Bo3) |  BLG |
| July 26, 2024 - 19:00 CST | ||
| NIP | vs (Bo3) |   LGD |
| July 30, 2024 - 17:00 CST | ||
Recent Matches
| NIP | 0:2 (Bo3) |  WBG |
| July 13, 2024 - 19:10 CST | ||
| NIP | 0:2 (Bo3) |   AL |
| July 11, 2024 - 19:10 CST | ||
| NIP | 0:2 (Bo3) |  LNG |
| July 7, 2024 - 19:10 CST | ||
| NIP | 2:0 (Bo3) |  UP |
| June 29, 2024 - 17:10 CST | ||
| NIP | 2:0 (Bo3) | WBG |
| June 21, 2024 - 19:10 CST | ||
Upcoming Tournaments
 LPL Summer 2024
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| ONGOING! |
Song "Rookie" Eui-jin (born March 11, 1997) is a Korean League of Legends player who is currently playing as a Midlaner for Ninjas in Pyjamas.
He is also stylised as RooKie, RooKiE and RoOkiE.
Song "Rookie" Eui-jin was born on the 11th March, 1997 in Busan, South Korea. Rookie first found the game in 2011, at the age of 14, and quickly became a young up-and-coming talent within the game's early competitive scene.
In 2013, at the age of 16, Rookie signed onto his first team, KT Rolster's sister team, KT Rolster Arrows. The team did great during their first two LCK Splits, finishing 5-8th at Champions Spring 2014 and finishing 1st during Champions Summer 2014, and Rookie himself impressed many with his play on champions like Orianna and Syndra (which have now become his signature picks). However the team was unable to qualify for Worlds that year due to the players' ages.
In 2014, Rookie, along with Jungler KaKAO, were traded onto the LPL team Invictus Gaming's roster during the great Korean Exodus of 2014, where Rookie became one of the few Korean imports to stay in their new region for more than 4 years. The period from 2015 to 2016 was relatively quiet for both the Korean mid-laner and the rest of the organization, with the only placement of note being last place in their group during the 2015 World Championship.
In 2017, however, Invictus would sign up-and-coming stars in Top laner TheShy and ADC JackeyLove, and things almost immediately turned around for the squad. They finished 3rd during LPL Summer 2017 and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2017 World Championship in a nail-biting 5-game series against Team WE. However, their performance during this time signaled change in 2018. The team finished 4th in LPL Spring 2018 and narrowly lost to Royal Never Give Up in the final of LPL Summer 2018 in what many LoL fans considered one of the best games of the year.[citation needed] The team was able to qualify for the 2018 World Championship, where they would finally show their dominance.
The team went almost undefeated within their group, only losing one game to Europe's first seed Fnatic. However, since both teams finished with a 5-1 record, they would have to face off in a tiebreaker match. The team lost, placing Fnatic as the group's 1st seed, leaving iG to face off against Korea's first seed, and Rookie's former team, KT Rolster. The series was one of the most back and forth many LoL fans had ever seen at Worlds,[according to whom?] immortalized with one of the most intense base-races of all time in Game 3. However, iG would eventually win the series 3-2 and would eventually win the whole tournament, with them defeating G2 Esports in the semi finals 3-0 and destroying their groups 1st seed, Fnatic, in the grand final 3-0.
Today, iG continues to be one of the best teams in the world, with Rookie being considered by many[according to whom?] to be one of the best mid-laners in the game's history.
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 | 3rd | S-Tier |  | LPL Spring 2022 |  | 1 : 3 | | $76,903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-11-02 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier |  | 2019 World Championship |   | 1 : 3 |  | $155,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-05-17 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier |  | Mid-Season Invitational 2019 | | 1 : 3 |   | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-21 | 1st | S-Tier |  | LPL Spring 2019 | | 3 : 1 |  | $224,006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-23 | 1st | A-Tier |  | Demacia Cup Winter 2018 | | 3 : 1 |  | $72,397 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-03 | 1st | S-Tier | | 2018 World Championship | | 3 : 0 |  | $2,418,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-14 | 2nd | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | | 2 : 3 |  | $117,044 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-19 | 1st | A-Tier |  | NEST 2017 | | 2 : 0 | | $60,420 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-08-26 | 3rd | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2017 | | 3 : 2 |  | $76,276 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-08-16 | 1st | S-Tier |   | Champions Summer 2014 |  | 3 : 2 |  | $78,494 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-06-24 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2024 | Best of GS Week 3 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-06-24 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2024 | Best Player of GS Week 3 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-03-31 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2024 | 2nd All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-02-26 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2024 | Best of Week 4 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-01-29 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2024 | Best of Week 1 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-01-29 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2024 | Best Player of Week 1 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-07-18 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2023 | Best of Week 7&8 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-04-15 | S-Tier |  | LPL Tenth Anniversary Awards | Most Kills in the Decade | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-04-15 | S-Tier | | LPL Tenth Anniversary Awards | Top 10 players of the Decade | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-06 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2023 | Player of Week 7 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-06 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2023 | Best of the Rift - Week 7 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-01-19 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2023 | Best of the Rift - Week 1&2 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-08-17 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2022 | 3rd All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-08-08 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2022 | Player of Week 9 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-08-08 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2022 | Best of the Rift - Week 9 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-07-11 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2022 | Player of Week 5 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-07-11 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2022 | Best of the Rift - Week 5 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-03-28 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2022 | 1st All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-03-28 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2022 | Group Stage MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-03-21 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2022 | Best of the Rift - Week 9 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-02-28 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2022 | Best of the Rift - Week 6 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-08-12 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2020 | 2nd All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-07-13 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2020 | Best of the Rift - Week 6 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-06-22 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2020 | Best of the Rift - Week 3 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-06-22 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2020 | Player of Week 3 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-22 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2020 | 2nd All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-21 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2020 | Best of the Rift - 2020 Apr | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-21 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2020 | Best of the Rift - Week 7 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-06 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2020 | Best of the Rift - Week 5 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-13 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2019 | 3rd All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-01 | S-Tier | | LPL 2018 Awards | Best Mid | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-01 | S-Tier | | LPL 2018 Awards | MVP of the Year | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-12-01 | S-Tier | | LPL 2018 Awards | Import of the Year | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-10 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | Group Stage MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-03 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | 1st All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-21 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 9 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-13 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 8 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-23 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 5 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-04-12 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | Group Stage MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-04-11 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | 1st All-Pro Team | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-04-01 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 9 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-03-18 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 7 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-02-26 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 4 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-02-04 | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2018 | Best of the Rift - Week 3 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-26 | S-Tier | | LPL 2017 Awards | Import of the Year | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-07-02 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2017 | Best of the Rift - Week 4 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-11 | S-Tier | | LPL Summer 2017 | Best of the Rift - Week 1 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
iG Rookie at Worlds 2018.
Trivia[edit]
- He is bilingual in both Korean and Mandarin, with him considering himself the most fluent in the language over other Korean pro players
- Became the eigth(Alongside Duke) player to win both and
after winning LCK 2014 Summer and LPL 2019 Spring. (The previous being Deft, Imp, Acorn, Mata, Scout and PawN.)
Penta Kills[edit]
| Date | Tournament | Team | Vs. | Champion | Position | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-31 | LPL Spring 2020 | |
 |
 Neeko |
MID | VOD |
