Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson
Personal information
Born (1976-04-18) April 18, 1976
Nationality Icelandic
Career information
Playing career 1992–2011
Position Guard
Career history
As player:
1992–1993 Grindavík
1994–1998 Grindavík
1998–1999 Donar Groeningen
1999–2000 RB Antwerpen
2000–2001 Ieper
2001–2006 Grindavík
2008–2009 Grindavík
2010–2011 Grindavík
2011 ÍG
As coach:
2010–2012 Grindavík
2014 Keflavík
Career highlights and awards

As player:

As coach:

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson is an Icelandic former professional basketball coach and player.

Basketball

National team career

From 1995 to 2001, Helgi played 63 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[1]

Coaching career

Helgi was voted coach of the year of the men's Úrvalsdeild in the 2011-12 season,[2] when he won the Icelandic championship with Grindavík.[3]

He last coached Úrvalsdeild club Keflavík in the beginning of the 2014-2015 season before having to step down and retiring from coaching due to heart problems.[4][5]

Football

From 2002 to 2003, Helgi played 9 games in the Icelandic top-tier football league as well as appear in one cup game for Grindavík's football team.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. ↑ Express League: Season 2011-2012 Awards
  3. ↑ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (May 9, 2012). "Helgi Jónas hættur með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 17, 2014). "Helgi glímir við hjartsláttartruflanir - Gæti hætt þjálfun hjá Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 27, 2014). "Helgi Jónas hættur - Þarf að endurskoða líf mitt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Félagsmaður - Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Björnsson, Jóhann Skúli (July 2, 2015). "Körfuboltamaður íhugaði sjálfsvíg: „Vanlíðan jókst eftir hvern einasta leik"". DV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.


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