Player Knight~ from from ASAKURA Dota 2 | ID: 4809

Smiling Knight is a young player from Belarus, competing in Dota 2 as a carry. Over the course of his two-year career, he has managed to win the Vulkan Fight Series and secure the second place in Arena of Blood Season 2. From June to September 2020, Alexey played for Team Empire but later became a free agent.

Smiling Knight made his debut in the professional scene in 2018 when he played as a stand-in for The Brestomans in one of the sponsored tournaments. The team finished in sixth place but did not receive any prize money. His first permanent team was Real Noobs, with which he won the online qualifiers for the Russian eSports Cup 2018. After that, he and his teammates Petushara, HappyDyurara, Ergon, and pudge2002 joined Pavaga Junior. They secured the 10th to 17th place at the championship, which is considered a decent result for a tier 3-4 team. Additionally, the team finished second in the Red Square & 5 Element Dota 2 Open, earning around $400.

Following a decline in results, Smiling Knight left Pavaga Junior and started playing in various European stacks. He first played with Unchained Esports, alongside W1sh-, Kacor, and other players, attempting to qualify for MDL Disneyland Paris Major but without success. He then joined Family Team and participated in Home Camp, but once again, they couldn't secure a victory. Only after the team lost its sponsor and changed its name to Yolo Knight did they manage to claim the third place in WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 2, earning $750.

Smiling Knight later joined Team Empire. In this team, he won the Vulkan Fight Series and the BEYOND EPIC qualifiers for Europe and CIS. They finished 11th-12th in the final standings of OMEGA League: Europe Divine Division and secured the second place in Arena of Blood Season 2. Overall, the team earned almost $15,000, including partner tournaments. In September 2020, Alexey temporarily became a substitute player for Team Empire, with which he took 7-8 at ESL One Fall 2021 and 4th at Dota 2 Champions League Season 3.

 In 2022, Alexey managed to play for the teams One Move and Gambit Esports. With these teams, the player three times took 2nd place in Dota 2 Champions League tournaments, and also took part in the qualification for The International 2022, where he took 4th place and did not make it to the main part of the tournament.

In November Smiling Knight joined the Peruvian team Thunder Awaken. In the new team, the player became a three-time champion of the 1XPLORE LATAM tournament, and also, for the first time in his career, managed to qualify for The International 2023, although he took 17th-20th place in the main part of the tournament, failing to advance past the group stage. 

In early 2024, Alexey joins the new Team wkwkwk pack to qualify for DreamLeague Season 22 and BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024. On qualifying for the DreamLeague online tournament series, wkwkwk managed to make it to the closed qualifiers stage in the Western Europe region. But at the closed qualification for the Dacha, where the squad received a direct invite, the team had no success, falling out of the qualifiers in the second round of the lower playoff grid