Jakob Sigurðarson
{{Short description|Icelandic basketball player (born 1982)}}
{{Icelandic name|Jakob}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jakob Sigurðarson
| image = Swedish Men Final 2019 Telge vs Boras 66.jpg
| caption = Sigurðarson playing with Borås in 2019
| position = Head coach
| league = 1. deild karla
| team = KR
| number =
| height_m = 1.92
| weight_kg = 82
| nationality = Icelandic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|4|4}}
| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland
| high_school = Westminster Academy
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
| college = Birmingham–Southern (2001–2005)
| draft_year = 2005
| career_start = 1998
| career_end = 2021
| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard
| coach_start = 2021
| coach_end =
| years1 = 1998–2000 | team1 = KR
| years2 = 2005–2006 | team2 = Bayer Giants Leverkusen
| years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = Ciudad de Vigo
| years4 = 2007–2008 | team4 = Kecskeméti KSE
| years5 = 2008–2009 | team5 = KR
| years6 = 2009–2015 | team6 = Sundsvall Dragons
| years7 = 2015–2019 | team7 = Borås
| years8 = 2019–2021 | team8 = KR
| cyears1 = 2021–2023 | cteam1 = KR (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2023–present | cteam2 = KR
| highlights =
As player:
- Icelandic men's basketball player of the year (2011)
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2009)
- 2x Icelandic champion (2000, 2009)
- Swedish champion (2011)
- Icelandic Company Cup (2008)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ISL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Games of the Small States of Europe}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Reykjavík|Team}}
}}
Jakob Örn Sigurðarson (born 4 April 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player.{{cite news|url=http://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2017/03/28/jakob_sterkur_i_lokaumferdinni/ |title=Jakob sterkur í lokaumferðinni |website=Mbl.is |publisher=Morgunblaðið |date=28 March 2017 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}} {{in lang|is}} He was named the Icelandic men's basketball player of the year in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.kki.is/frettir/frett/2011/12/16/Korfuknattleiksfolk-arsins-2011/?pagetitle=K%C3%B6rfuknattleiksf%C3%B3lk+%C3%A1rsins+2011 |title=Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2011 |website=KKI.is |publisher=Icelandic Basketball Federation |date=16 December 2011 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}} {{in lang|is}} Jakob won the Icelandic championship in 2000 and 2009, and the Swedish championship in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5250585 | title="Erum með besta liðið" |publisher=Morgunblaðið |author=Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson |date=14 April 2014 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}} {{in lang|is}}{{cite news|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=328436&pageId=5152275 |title=Trúðum því að við værum bestir |publisher=Fréttablaðið |date=6 May 2011 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}} {{in lang|is}}
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.{{cite news |author1=Edda Sif Pálsdóttir |title=Jakob að koma heim |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/jakob-ad-koma-heim |accessdate=14 May 2019 |work=RÚV |date=13 May 2019 |language=Icelandic}}
In May 2019, Jakob returned Iceland and signed with KR along with his brother Matthías Orri Sigurðarson.{{cite news |author1=Ólafur Þór Jónsson |title=Matthías og Jakob semja við KR |url=https://www.karfan.is/2019/05/matthias-og-jakob-semja-vid-kr/ |accessdate=29 May 2019 |work=Karfan.is |date=29 May 2019 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir |title=Jakob: Var búinn að útiloka að geta spilað með gömlu félögunum |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190719453/jakob-var-buinn-ad-utiloka-ad-geta-spilad-med-gomlu-felogunum |accessdate=15 July 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=14 July 2019 |language=Icelandic}} On 5 January 2020, KR announced that he would miss significant time due to a slipped disk in his back.{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Björn frá út tímabilið og Jakob með brjósklos |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2020200109540/bjorn-fra-ut-timabilid-og-jakob-med-brjosklos |accessdate=6 January 2020 |work=Vísir.is |date=6 January 2020 |language=Icelandic}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2016160809632 |title=Jakob Örn hættur með landsliðinu |website=Vísir.is |publisher=Fréttablaðið |date=4 August 2016 |accessdate=August 6, 2017}} {{in lang|is}} However, in November 2017, he returned to the national team{{cite news|author1=Kristjana Arnarsdóttir|title=Jakob Örn í landsliðshópnum|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/jakob-orn-i-landslidshopnum|accessdate=20 November 2017|work=RÚV|date=9 November 2017|language=Icelandic}} and played with it until 2018. In his 18-year national team career, he played 92 games for Iceland.{{cite web|url=http://kki.is/landslid/karlar/leikjafjoldi/a-landslid/|publisher=kki.is|title=KKÍ | A landslið |accessdate=2017-08-06}}
Coaching career
In August 2021, Jakob was hired as an assistant coach with KR.{{cite news |author1=Ólafur Þór Jónsson |title=Helgi Már tekur við KR – Jakob verður aðstoðarþjálfari |url=https://www.karfan.is/2021/08/helgi-mar-tekur-vid-kr-jakob-verdur-adstodarthjalfari/ |access-date=6 August 2021 |work=Karfan.is |date=6 August 2021 |language=Icelandic}} Following KR's relegation to the second-tier 1. deild karla, Jakob was hired as the head coach of the team.{{cite news |title=Jakob og Adama taka við KR |url=https://www.karfan.is/2023/06/jakob-og-adama-taka-vid-kr/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=Karfan.is |date=14 June 2023 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |author1=Aron Guðmundsson |title=Jakob fær það verkefni að reisa við fallið stórveldi: "Er hrikalega spenntur" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20232429247d/jakob-faer-thad-verk-efni-ad-reisa-vid-fallid-stor-veldi-er-hrika-lega-spenntur- |access-date=22 June 2023 |work=Vísir.is |date=22 June 2023 |language=Icelandic}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/33832/sid/8721/tid/300/tid2//_/2013_EuroBasket_Qualification_Round/index.html Profile at FIBA Europe]
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jakob-sigurdarson-1.html College stats] at Sports-reference.com
- [http://basketliganherr.se/en/player/1697804/ Basketligan profile] at basketliganherr.se
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Category:Bayer Giants Leverkusen players
Category:Birmingham–Southern Panthers men's basketball players
Category:Sundsvall Dragons players
Category:Ciudad de Vigo Básquet players
Category:21st-century Icelandic sportsmen
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