Jakob Sigurðarson
KR | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||
League | Úrvalsdeild karla | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | April 4, 1982|||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) | |||||||||||||
College | Birmingham–Southern (2001–2005) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1998–2021 | |||||||||||||
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2021–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | KR | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | |||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Ciudad de Vigo | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Kecskeméti KSE | |||||||||||||
2008–2009 | KR | |||||||||||||
2009–2015 | Sundsvall Dragons | |||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Borås | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | KR | |||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||
2021–present | KR (assistant) | |||||||||||||
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Jakob Örn Sigurðarson (born 4 April 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player.[1] He was named the Icelandic men's basketball player of the year in 2011.[2] Jakob won the Icelandic championship in 2000 and 2009, and the Swedish championship in 2011.[3][4]
College career[]
He played his senior year of high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and played basketball at Birmingham-Southern College, Alabama.
Playing career[]
Jakob played in Sweden for 10 years, first with Sundsvall Dragons from 2009-2015 and then with Borås Basket until 2019.[5]
In May 2019, Jakob returned Iceland and signed with KR along with his brother Matthías Orri Sigurðarson.[6][7] On 5 January 2020, KR announced that he would miss significant time due to a slipped disk in his back.[8]
Jakob announced his retirement from basketball following KR's loss against Keflavík in the semi-finals of the 2021 Úrvalsdeild playoffs.
National team career[]
Jakob debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2000 and participated with them in EuroBasket 2015. In August 2016, he declared his retirement from international play.[9] However, in November 2017, he returned to the national team[10] and played with it until 2018. In his 18-year national team career, he played 92 games for Iceland.[11]
Coaching career[]
In August 2021, Jakob was hired as an assistant coach with KR.[12]
Personal life[]
Jakob is the older brother of professional basketball player Matthías Orri Sigurðarson.[13]
References[]
- ^ "Jakob sterkur í lokaumferðinni". Mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. 28 March 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- ^ "Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2011". KKI.is. Icelandic Basketball Federation. 16 December 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- ^ Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (14 April 2014). ""Erum með besta liðið"". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved August 6, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- ^ "Trúðum því að við værum bestir". Fréttablaðið. 6 May 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- ^ Edda Sif Pálsdóttir (13 May 2019). "Jakob að koma heim". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (29 May 2019). "Matthías og Jakob semja við KR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (14 July 2019). "Jakob: Var búinn að útiloka að geta spilað með gömlu félögunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (6 January 2020). "Björn frá út tímabilið og Jakob með brjósklos". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Jakob Örn hættur með landsliðinu". Vísir.is. Fréttablaðið. 4 August 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2017. (in Icelandic)
- ^ Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (9 November 2017). "Jakob Örn í landsliðshópnum". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (6 August 2021). "Helgi Már tekur við KR – Jakob verður aðstoðarþjálfari". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 May 2016). "Matthías Orri aftur til ÍR-inga". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links[]
- Profile at FIBA Europe
- College stats at Sports-reference.com
- Basketligan profile at basketliganherr.se
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Bayer Giants Leverkusen players
- Birmingham–Southern Panthers men's basketball players
- Borås Basket players
- Icelandic men's basketball coaches
- Icelandic men's basketball players
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in Sweden
- Icelandic expatriate basketball people in the United States
- KR men's basketball coaches
- KR men's basketball players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Reykjavík
- Sundsvall Dragons players
- Úrvalsdeild karla basketball coaches
- Úrvalsdeild karla basketball players
- Ciudad de Vigo Básquet players
- European basketball biography stubs
- Icelandic sportspeople stubs