Guðjón Skúlason Explained

Guðjón Skúlason
Birth Date:1967 1, df=y
Nationality:Icelandic
Career Start:1983
Career End:2006
Career Position:Guard
Coach Start:2003
Coach End:2011
Years1:1983–1994
Team1:Keflavík
Years2:1994–1995
Team2:Grindavík
Years3:1995–2003
Team3:Keflavík
Years4:2004
Team4:Keflavík-b
Years5:2005
Team5:Léttir
Years6:2005–2006
Team6:Keflavík
Years7:2006
Team7:Keflavík-b
Cyears1:2003–2004
Cteam1:Keflavík
Cyears2:2005–2006
Cteam2:Keflavík (assistant)
Cyears3:2006–2007
Cteam3:Iceland
Cyears4:2009–2011
Cteam4:Keflavík
Highlights:As player:

As head coach:

Stats League:Úrvalsdeild karla
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:6,649 (16.3 ppg)
Stat2label:Games
Stat2value:409
Cstats League1:Úrvalsdeild karla
Cwin1:48
Closs1:18

Guðjón Skúlason (born 1 January 1967) is an Icelandic retired basketball player and coach and a former member of Icelandic national team.[1] He played nineteen seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla, winning the Icelandic championship six times with Keflavík.[2] He was named the Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year in 1997.

Playing career

College career

In 1990, Guðjón joined the Auburn University at Montgomery and played for the Auburn Montgomery Warhawks.[3] Despite having joined AUM, Guðjón played with Keflavík during the 1991 Cup finals and the 1991 Úrvalsdeild playoffs.[4] During the playoffs, he averaged 11.3 points in 8 games.[5]

Club career

Guðjón played 19 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla, averaging 16.3 points in 409 games. His best statistical season came in 1989–1990 when he averaged 25.8 points per game.

In October 2002, he became the first player to make 900 three point shots in the Úrvalsdeild.[6] After the 2002–2003 season, he became co-coach of Keflavík with Falur Harðarson and announced he would not continue playing with the team.[7] He appeared in one game during the 2003–2004 season, a Cup game on 29 November 2003 against Þróttur Vogum, where he scored 11 points in Keflavík's 86-136 victory.[8]

After starting the 2005–2006 season with Léttir in the 2. deild karla, Guðjón returned to Keflavík in November 2005 as an assistant coach and player.[9] On 26 February 2006, he broke Teitur Örlygsson record for most games played in the Úrvalsdeild when he played his 406th game.[10] The record would later be broken by Marel Örn Guðlaugsson.

National team career

From 1988 to 1999, Guðjón played 122 games for the Icelandic national team.[11]

Coaching career

Guðjón coached Keflavík during the 2003–2004 season along with Falur Harðarson and together they guided the team to the 2004 national championship.[12] He coached the team again from 2009[13] to 2011, taking the team to the playoffs in both seasons.[12]

Awards and accomplishments

Titles

1997

Individual awards

1997

1990

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Guðjón Skúlason vekur athygli . 29 December 2019 . . 18 November 1989 . 42 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Herra Njarðvík og Herra Keflavík urðu Íslandsmeistarar saman . 6 May 2020 . . 4 May 2020 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Guðjón til Bandaríkjanna . 14 June 2019 . . 24 April 1990 . Icelandic.
  4. News: Guðjón löglegur með Keflvíkingum . 29 December 2019 . . 14 March 1991 . 19 . Icelandic.
  5. Web site: Úrslitakeppni 1991 . kki.is . . 29 December 2019 . Icelandic.
  6. News: 900. þristurinn . 28 December 2020 . . 21 October 2002 . 21 . Icelandic.
  7. News: Þreföld gleði hjá Keflavík á föstudag . 29 December 2019 . . 9 October 2003 . 27 . Icelandic.
  8. Web site: Þróttur V. - Keflavík . kki.is . . 14 June 2019 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . 399. leikur Guðjóns Skúlasonar . 29 December 2019 . . 5 January 2006 . 18 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Guðjón bætti leikjametið hans Teits . 29 December 2019 . . 2 March 2006 . 22 . Icelandic.
  11. Web site: KKÍ | A landslið . kki.is. 2019-06-14.
  12. News: Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson . Guðjón Skúlason er hættur hjá Keflavík . 14 June 2019 . . 11 April 2011 . Icelandic.
  13. News: Ómar Þorgeirsson . Guðjón Skúlason ráðinn þjálfari Keflavíkur . 14 June 2019 . . 21 July 2009 . Icelandic.