Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir Explained

Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir
Birth Date:1999 6, df=yes
Nationality:Icelandic
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:169
League:Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Team:Valur
Number:9
Career Start:2012
Years1:2012–2013
Team1:Laugdælir
Years2:2015
Team2:KR
Years3:2015–present
Team3:Valur
Highlights:

Dagbjört Dögg Karlsdóttir is an Icelandic basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna and a member of the Icelandic national team. She won the Icelandic championship in 2019 and 2021 and the Icelandic Cup in 2019. In 2021, she was named the Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year and in 2022, she was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[1] In 2018, she was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year.[2]

On 28 April 2023, she won her third Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1.[3]

Early life

Dagbjört grew up in Reykir in Hrútafjörður[4] where she started playing basketball with Kormákur from Hvammstangi.[5]

National team career

After playing for Iceland's junior teams, Dagbjört debuted for the Icelandic senior national team in 2017.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson . Fékk að heyra að ég væri í vitlausum búningi . 22 May 2022 . . 22 May 2022 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson . Dagbjört Dögg var valin efnilegust . 22 May 2022 . . 5 May 2018 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson . Valskonur eru Íslandsmeistarar í körfubolta . 29 April 2023 . . 28 April 2023 . Icelandic.
  4. News: Páll Friðriksson . Vann alla titla sem í boði voru . 22 May 2022 . Feykir . 22 May 2019 . 4 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
  5. News: Jón Arnór í uppáhaldi . 22 May 2022 . Feykir . 30 April 2015 . 5 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
  6. Web site: A landslið . kki.is . . 22 May 2022 . Icelandic.