| Anna María Sveinsdóttir | |
| Birth Date: | 1969 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Keflavík, Iceland |
| Nationality: | Icelandic |
| Career Position: | Power forward / center |
| Career Number: | 14 |
| Career Start: | 1984 |
| Career End: | 2006 |
| Coach Start: | 1997 |
| Coach End: | 2003 |
| Years1: | 1984–1990 |
| Team1: | Keflavík |
| Years2: | 1990 |
| Team2: | Brunell |
| Years3: | 1990–2000 |
| Team3: | Keflavík |
| Years4: | 2001–2006 |
| Team4: | Keflavík |
| Cyears1: | 1997–1999 |
| Cteam1: | Keflavík |
| Cyears2: | 2001–2003 |
| Cteam2: | Keflavík |
| Highlights: | As player:
As coach:
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| Stats League: | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
| Stat1label: | Points |
| Stat1value: | 5,001 (15.4 ppg) |
| Stat2label: | Games |
| Stat2value: | 324 |
| Cstats League1: | Úrvalsdeild kvenna |
| Cwin1: | 56 |
| Closs1: | 20 |
Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born 22 November 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. She won twelve Icelandic championships and eleven Icelandic basketball cups, and is regarded as one of the best women's players in Icelandic basketball history.[1] [2]
She was the first player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and finished her career as its all-time leading scorer with 5001 points in 324 games.[3] [4] The scoring record stood until 23 April 2013, when it was broken by Birna Valgarðsdóttir.[5] In 2001 she was voted the Icelandic female basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.[6]
Anna María served as a player-coach for four seasons with Keflavík, accumulating a 56-20 record (73.7%) and two national championships.[7]
Between 1986 and 2004, Anna María played 60 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]
| † | Denotes seasons in which Anna María won the national championship | |
| Led the league |
| Year | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | Keflavík | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.9 |
| 1986–87 | Keflavík | 18 | - | - | - | .629 | - | - | - | - | 13.9 |
| 1987–88† | Keflavík | 18 | - | - | - | .735 | - | - | - | - | 17.5* |
| 1988–89† | Keflavík | 17 | - | - | - | .576 | - | - | - | - | 16.3 |
| 1989–90† | Keflavík | 18 | - | - | - | .733 | - | - | - | - | 22.2* |
| 1990–91 | Keflavík | 13 | - | - | - | .744 | - | - | - | - | 24.0* |
| 1991–92† | Keflavík | 20 | - | - | - | .808 | - | - | - | - | 18.2 |
| 1992–93† | Keflavík | 7 | - | - | - | .579 | - | - | - | - | 14.1 |
| 1993–94† | Keflavík | 17 | - | - | - | .742 | - | - | - | - | 16.4 |
| 1994–95 | Keflavík | 23 | - | .479 | .500 | .890* | 10.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 18.7 |
| 1995–96† | Keflavík | 17 | - | .534 | .444 | .792 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 20.2 |
| 1996–97 | Keflavík | 18 | - | .481 | .357 | .765 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 16.9 |
| 1997–98† | Keflavík | 16 | 28.5 | .653 | .333 | .868 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 15.1* |
| 1998–99 | Keflavík | 20 | 29.5 | .361 | .200 | .903* | 9.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 12.8 |
| 1999–00† | Keflavík | 20 | 29.5 | .472 | .167 | .864 | 9.3 | 4.9* | 2.5 | 1.4 | 12.6 |
| 2001–02 | Keflavík | 9 | 24.6 | .420 | .333 | .759 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| 2002–03† | Keflavík | 18 | 21.0 | .418 | .455 | .750 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 2003–04† | Keflavík | 19 | 25.9 | .448 | .414 | .855 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 12.5 |
| 2004–05† | Keflavík | 19 | 28.2 | .439 | .354 | .872 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 12.1 |
| 2005–06 | Keflavík | 7 | 23.1 | .423 | .143 | .625 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| Career | 324 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15.4 | |