Hilmar Smári Henningsson
Stjarnan | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
League | Úrvalsdeild karla | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Iceland | 3 September 2000|||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Haukar | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Þór Akureyri | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Haukar | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Valencia Basket | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | →Valencia Basket B | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Stjarnan | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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Hilmar Smári Henningsson (born 3 September 2000) is an Icelandic basketball player for the Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic national basketball team.
Club career[]
Hilmar Smári started his senior team career with Haukar, appearing in 7 games during the 2016–17 Úrvalsdeild karla season. After starting the following season with Haukar, he moved to Þór Akureyri in December 2017. In 12 games with Þór, he averaged 12.2 points and 4.0 rebounds.
He returned to Haukar for the 2018–19 season and went on to average 14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. After the season he was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year.[1]
In April 2019, Hilmar Smári had a tryout with Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.[2] Two months later he signed a 2-year contract with the team.[3]
On 21 July 2021, Hilmar signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan.[4]
National team career[]
Hilmar Smári played his first games for the Icelandic national team during the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe[5] where Iceland finished third.[3]
Personal life[]
Hilmar's father is Henning Henningson,[6] who played 30 games for the Icelandic national team from 1985 to 1993.[7] His sister is basketball player Lovísa Henningsdóttir.
Awards, titles and accomplishments[]
Individual awards[]
References[]
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári til Valencia". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (18 April 2019). "Hilmar Smári til reynslu hjá Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b Guðmundur Hilmarsson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári búinn að semja við Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Frá Valencia í Stjörnuna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 May 2019). "Sigurður Gunnar kemur aftur inn í landsliðið og er reyndasti maður hópsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Einar Sigtryggsson (1 February 2018). "Förum bara erfiðu leiðina". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "A Landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
External links[]
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Haukar men's basketball players
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Icelandic men's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Stjarnan men's basketball players
- Úrvalsdeild karla basketball players
- Valencia Basket players
- Þór Akureyri men's basketball players