Dagur Kár Jónsson Explained

Dagur Kár Jónsson
Height Cm:185
Weight Lbs:75
League:Úrvalsdeild karla
Team:Stjarnan
Nationality:Icelandic
Birth Date:1995 2, df=y
Birth Place:Iceland
College:St. Francis College
(2015–2016)
Career Start:2010
Career Number:1, 4, 9
Years1:2010–2015
Years2:2016–2018
Team2:Grindavík
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Flyers Wels
Years4:2019–2021
Team4:Grindavík
Years5:2021–2022
Team5:Ourense
Years6:2022–2023
Years7:2023–present
Highlights:

Dagur Kár Jónsson (born 15 February 1995) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild karla. A 185 cm point guard, he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2013 and 2015 as a member of Stjarnan. In 2019, he debuted for the Icelandic national team.

College

Dagur Kár played the 2015–16 season[1] with St. Francis College where he averaged 4.6 points and 1.3 assists in 18.2 minutes per game. He left the school in October 2016.[2] [3]

Playing career

During the 2014-15 season, Dagur Kár averaged 17.6 points and 3.6 assists.[4] He was named to the Úrvalsdeild All-First team for the first half of the season.[5] After the season, he joined St. Francis.[1]

On October 28, 2016, Dagur Kár signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Grindavík.[3] In 2017, he resigned with Grindavík.[6]

For the 2017–18 season, Dagur Kár averaged 16.6 points and 6.7 assists but Grindavík was knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.

On April 20, 2018, he exercised an escape clause in his contract and left Grindavík to sign back with his hometown club of Stjarnan,[7] much to the dismay of Grindavík's board as they claimed that he had stated to them that he would stay at the club for next season.[8] In July 2018, it was reported that he had signed with Raiffeisen Flyers Wels of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga.[9] In his contract with Stjarnan was a clause allowing him to sign with a bigger club.[10] He helped the Flyer Wels finish fifth in the league and reach the playoffs where it fell out in the first round.[11] For the season he averaged 10.5 points and 3.0 assists in 36 games.

On 28 August 2019, Dagur Kár returned to Grindavík, signing a 2-year contract. In November 2019, he underwent a surgery and was expected to miss 6-8 weeks.[12] Two days later, doctors discovered an infection in the knee, derailing his recovery.[13]

In October 2021, Dagur signed with Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Plata.[14] He left the team in January 2022 after being diagnosed with myocarditis.[15] In 13 games with Ourense, he averaged 10.2 points and 2.3 assists.[16]

On 2 May 2022, Dagur Kár returned to the Úrvalsdeild and signed with KR.[17] In January 2023, he left KR en joined Stjarnan.[18] In March 2023, he underwent a season ending knee surgery.[19]

Personal life

Dagur's father, Jón Kr. Gíslason, played 158 games for the Icelandic national team between 1982 and 1995[20] and coached the national team from 1995[21] to 1999.[22] Dagur's brothers, Daði Lár Jónsson[23] and Dúi Þór Jónsson, have also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla.[24]

External sites

Notes and References

  1. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Dagur Kár verður samherji Gunnars í Brooklyn næsta vetur. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 12 November 2014. Icelandic.
  2. News: Dagur á heimleið?. 28 December 2017. Morgunblaðið. 27 October 2016. Icelandic.
  3. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Dagur Kár: Hentaði mér mun betur að fara í Grindavík núna. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 28 October 2016. Icelandic.
  4. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson. Dagur Kár með sinn besta leik í bandaríska háskólaboltanum. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 4 December 2015. Icelandic.
  5. News: Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson. Craion og Hardy best - Myndir. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 6 January 2015. Icelandic.
  6. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson. Dagur Kár áfram í Grindavík og Jóhann Árni kemur aftur. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 10 May 2017. Icelandic.
  7. News: Henry Birgir Gunnarsson. Dagur Kár kominn heim - Hlynur og Tómas framlengdu. 20 April 2018. Vísir.is. 20 April 2018. Icelandic.
  8. News: Kristinn Páll Teitsson. Grindvíkingar ósáttir með vinnubrögð Stjörnunnar. 20 April 2018. Fréttablaðið. 20 April 2018. Icelandic.
  9. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Dagur Kár farinn til Austurríkis og spilar ekki með Stjörnunni í vetur . 25 July 2018 . . 25 July 2018 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Kristinn Páll Teitsson . Tækifæri sem ég varð að stökkva á . 26 July 2018 . . 26 July 2018 . Icelandic.
  11. News: Hjörvar Ólafsson . Stefnir á að taka næsta skref . 15 June 2019 . . 15 June 2019 . Icelandic.
  12. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Dagur Kár frá næstu sex vikur . 18 November 2019 . . 15 November 2019 . Icelandic.
  13. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Fékk sýkingu sem kemur upp í 1% tilfella . 26 November 2019 . . 26 November 2019 . Icelandic.
  14. News: Dagur Kár heldur til Spánar . 2 October 2021 . . 2 October 2021 . Icelandic.
  15. News: Davíð Eldur . Dagur Kár var frá allan seinni hluta tímabils vegna hjartavöðvabólgu, en skrifaði undir hjá KR í dag “Virkilega spennandi tækifæri” . 2 May 2022 . Karfan . 2 May 2022 . Icelandic.
  16. News: Davíð Eldur . Dagur Kár yfirgefur Ourense . 30 April 2022 . Karfan.is . 28 January 2022 . Icelandic.
  17. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Dagur Kár í KR - Framlengt við Þorvald Orra og Veigar Áka . 2 May 2022 . . 2 May 2022 . Icelandic.
  18. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Dagur Kár yfirgefur KR og fer aftur í Stjörnuna . 5 January 2023 . . 5 January 2023 . Icelandic.
  19. News: Ekki meira með á tímabilinu . 14 March 2024 . . 12 March 2024 . Icelandic.
  20. Web site: KKÍ | A landslið . kki.is. 2017-04-03.
  21. News: Jón Kr. tekur við landsliðinu. 22 November 2017. Morgunblaðið. 31 October 1995. B1. Icelandic.
  22. News: "Kom mér í opna skjöldu". 24 August 2017. Mbl.is. July 1, 1999. Icelandic.
  23. News: Stefán Þór Hjartarson. Kaupir bara það sem honum líkar. 28 December 2017. Vísir.is. 23 June 2017. Icelandic.
  24. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Hafði Seinfeld áhugi þjálfarans áhrif á komu Kramer? . 20 January 2019 . . 17 January 2019 . Icelandic.