Saksa

Player Information

Name:

Мартин Саздов

Romanized Name:

Martin Sazdov

Nationality:

North Macedonia

Born:

June 12, 1995 (age 30)

Years Active (Player):

2014 - Present

Role:

Support

Team:

Team Yandex

Approx. Total Winnings:

$3,953,047

Signature Hero:

Links

History

2014-04-21 — 2015-08-30

Global Challengers

2015-08-30 — 2016-01-02	4C&L
2016-01-02 — 2016-03-26	Mamas Boys
2016-03-26 — 2017-04-14	Digital Chaos
2017-04-14 — 2017-05-31	Thunderbirds
2017-05-31 — 2017-08-01	Planet Odd
2017-07-28 — 2017-08-29	HR(Coach)
2017-08-29 — 2017-09-24	MidOrFeed
2017-11-28 — 2017-12-17	OpTic(Stand in)
2018-01-05 — 2018-02-03	Team World
2018-02-03 — 2018-06-05	Echo International
2018-04-19 — 2018-05-02	coL(Stand in)
2018-06-05 — 2018-06-25	BlinkPool
2018-09-17 — 2019-09-20	Ninjas in Pyjamas
2020-01-29 — 2021-11-08	OG
2022-02-22 — 2023-09-06	Tundra Esports
2023-09-06 — 2024-09-27	Tundra(Inactive)
2024-09-27 — 2025-09-18	Tundra Esports
2025-09-18 — 2026-01-??	Tundra(Inactive)
2025-10-15 — 2026-01-??	Yandex(Stand-in)
2026-01-?? — Present	Team Yandex

Recent Matches

Yandex	3:1 (Bo5)	LGD
June 7, 2026 - 16:00 CEST BLAST SLAM VII

Yandex	2:1 (Bo3)	BB
June 6, 2026 - 12:30 CEST BLAST SLAM VII

Yandex	2:1 (Bo3)	LGD
June 4, 2026 - 17:15 CEST BLAST SLAM VII

Yandex	2:0 (Bo3)	Aurora
June 4, 2026 - 11:00 CEST BLAST SLAM VII

Yandex	2:0 (Bo3)	TSpirit
May 30, 2026 - 16:15 CEST BLAST SLAM VII

Upcoming Tournaments

TI2026

Tier 1

Aug 13–23

ENC 2026

Tier 1

Nation

Nov 02–08

Martin "Saksa" Sazdov (born June 12, 1995) is a Macedonian player who is currently playing for Team Yandex.

Biography

DotA

Saksa played lots of video games in general growing up, tracing back to playing Starcraft at an age of 3. He started playing DotA when he was about 10 years old, playing on the Garena servers.^[1] Saksa's meaning behind his name was from his early years of playing DotA when he purchased a gold account membership for a month from Garena after realising his account got hacked. After finding the hacker, he was given another account with the name Saksa and has used that nickname to this day.

Dota 2

While studying at university, he decided to leave and focus on Dota 2 full-time after seeing his improvement in the game. Saksa's first team was with Global Challengers, an all-Macedonian team which he stayed a part of for over a year. He later joined Team Moriarty for a short period afterwards, winning GIGABYTE Challenge Cup #16. Around mid-2015, he began gaining notoriety for climbing the matchmaking rating leaderboards and eventually becoming one of the first players to hit 8000 MMR. Shortly after achieving this, he was invited to be a part of 4 Clover & Lepricon's new lineup as their support player. In January 2016, it was revealed that he joined Mamas Boys as a support with Pajkatt as captain. His growth of a player continued when despite not winning a game in the groupstage of Captains Draft 3.0, managed to place 4th place in the tournament. Later on, he joined Digital Chaos a few days before Valve's roster lock. After months of being with the team, he attended his first Valve event, The Manila Major finishing 9-12th place.

During mid 2016, he further continued to growth as a player and team with 5-6th placements in Summit 5 and Starladder i-league Starseries Season 2. He qualified for the The International 2016 and despite being coined underdogs in the tournament, Saksa's run in the main event of his first international saw him finish runners-up to Wings Gaming.

Following 2016, Saksa did not find a stable team until 2018, with Ninjas in Pyjamas, with whom he won two DPC Minors. In 2020, he replaced JerAx as the position 4 player for OG, achieving top 8 at The International 2021; however, he was kicked from the team shortly afterwards.

Saksa replaced Fata at Tundra Esports in early 2022 in controversial circumstances. Six years on from his TI final defeat, Saksa would finally lift the aegis at The International 2022 after a dominant performance throughout the tournament.

Trivia

He is currently the tallest player in the professional Dota 2 scene with a height of 2.03m (6'8").
He became the first Macedonian player to attend The International when he qualified for The International 2016 with Digital Chaos and also the first Macedonian to win it with Tundra Esports at The International 2022.

Reached 10,000 MMR on May 9, 2020.^[2]
Reached 12,000 MMR on October 21, 2022.^[3]

Reached 13,000 MMR around July 7, 2024.^[4]
Reached 14,000 MMR on August 4, 2024.^[5]
Reached 15,000 MMR on November 20, 2024.^[6]

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Statistics

Had the highest average deaths per game (8.05) during Season 2 of the 2021 DPC WEU Upper Division.
Had the highest average assists per game (17.00) during Tour 2 of the 2023 DPC WEU Upper Division.

Career stats from datdota as of 2023/04/07.

Achievements

Additional Content

Interviews

Miscellaneous

Spotlights

Highlights

2024

[e] 2024-10-13 | WHAT A SEMI-FINAL! HEROIC vs TUNDRA - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2
[e] 2024-10-12 | ELIMINATION MATCH! TUNDRA vs NAVI - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2
[e] 2024-10-11 | WINNER TO SEMI-FINALS! TUNDRA vs HEROIC - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2
[e] 2024-10-10 | PLAYOFFS! NAVI vs TUNDRA - OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS - PGL Wallachia S2 by PGL at PGL Wallachia Season 2

Gallery

Saksa at DreamLeague Season 4 (2015)
Saksa at ESL One Hamburg 2018
Saksa at ESL One Katowice 2019
Saksa at The International 2021
Saksa at PGL Wallachia Season 2 (2024)
Saksa at Blast Slam II (2025)
Saksa at BLAST Slam VI (2026)

References

↑ Andreea "divushka" Esanu (2016-01-07). "Mamas Boys - Saksa interview: "Gaming in the Balkans is way too underdeveloped"". gosugamers.net. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
↑ Saksadota (2020-05-09). "10k!".
↑ Saksadota (2022-10-21). "any cares ti".
↑ Saksa (2024-07-07). "13.4k RANKED".
↑ Saksa (2024-08-04). "not washed up(yet)".
↑ Saksa (2024-11-20). "saksa prime coming in 2025".

[1] Andreea "divushka" Esanu (2016-01-07). "Mamas Boys - Saksa interview: "Gaming in the Balkans is way too underdeveloped"". gosugamers.net. Retrieved 2017-08-17.

[2] Saksadota (2020-05-09). "10k!".

[3] Saksadota (2022-10-21). "any cares ti".

[4] Saksa (2024-07-07). "13.4k RANKED".

[5] Saksa (2024-08-04). "not washed up(yet)".

[6] Saksa (2024-11-20). "saksa prime coming in 2025".

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Date	Place	Tier		Result	Prize

2026-06-07	1st	Tier 1	BLAST SLAM VII	3 : 1	$300,000
2026-03-15	1st	Tier 1	PGL Wallachia Season 7	3 : 2	$300,000
2025-12-21	1st	Tier 1	DreamLeague Season 27	3 : 1	$214,000
2025-05-11	1st	Tier 1	BLAST Slam III	3 : 1	$300,000
2025-02-09	1st	Tier 1	BLAST Slam II	3 : 0	$300,000
2025-02-02	1st	Tier 1	FISSURE PLAYGROUND 1	3 : 2	$400,000
2022-10-30	1st	Tier 1	The International 2022	3 : 0	$8,518,822
2021-10-15	7th - 8th	Tier 1	The International 2021	0 : 2	$1,000,500
2017-01-08	1st	Tier 1	ESL One Genting 2017	3 : 2	$125,000
2016-08-13	2nd	Tier 1	The International 2016	1 : 3	$3,427,126

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize

2017-08-05	17th - 18th	Tier 1		The International 2017		0/1/7	Grp S.	$61,720

Team	Overview Results Played Matches
Roster	CHIRA_JUNIOR DM Malady Saksa watson
Organization	Accell DEdvaX FILIP_FILIPSOV RAMZES666