Sigurður Þorsteinsson

Sigurður Gunnar Þorsteinsson (born July 8, 1988) is an Icelandic professional basketball player who plays for Höttur of the Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He has won the Icelandic championship three times, in 2008, 2012 and 2013. Outside of Iceland, Sigurður has played professionally in Greece and Sweden.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurður.
Sigurður Þorsteinsson
No. 15 – Höttur
PositionCenter
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1988-07-08) July 8, 1988
Ísafjörður, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
Playing career2001–present
Number15
Career history
2001–2006KFÍ
2006–2011Keflavík
2011–2014Grindavík
2014–2015Solna Vikings
2015–2016Machites Doxas Pefkon
2016–2017Gymnastikos Larissa
2017–2018Grindavík
2018–2020ÍR
2020–presentHöttur
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Games of the Small States of Europe
2019 MontenegroTeam

Early life

Sigurður was born and raised in Ísafjörður in the Westfjords of Iceland.[1] He played youth basketball with KFÍ before playing for the senior team, first with its B-team in the 2. deild karla and later with the main squad in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla.[2]

Professional career

In September 2015, Sigurður signed with the Greek 2nd Division team Machites Doxas Pefkon,[3] where he averaged 11.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.

In August 2016, Sigurður signed with the Greek 2nd Division team A.E.L. 1964.[4]

Sigurður rejoined Grindavík in August 2017.[5][6] For the season he averaged 12.8 points and 8.8 rebounds. In July 2018 he left the club.[7]

On 17 August 2018, Sigurður signed with ÍR.[8] On 1 April 2019, he scored 16 points in ÍR's victory in game 5 of its first-round playoff series against second seeded Njarðvík. With the victory, ÍR became the third team in the Úrvalsdeild history to come back from a 0-2 deficit and win a best-of-five series.[9] After helping ÍR reach the Úrvalsdeild finals, where it lost to KR, Sigurður was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.[10]

In June 2019, Sigurður signed with BC Orchies of the NM1.[11] Two days before the first game of the season, the French Basketball Federation declared that the Orchies did not fulfill their required financial obligations and as a result Sigurður was released from his contract.[12]

On 23 October 2019, Sigurður returned to ÍR, signing a two year contract.[13] Only 9 minutes into his first game back, he suffered a season ending injury after tearing a cruciate ligament in his knee.[14] After the season, ÍR terminated the contract with Sigurður, leaving him a free agent.[15] In August 2020, Sigurður sued ÍR for missing salary payments and claimed the team owed him over 2 million ISK. ÍR had stopped paying Sigurður his salary after the injury, claiming he was not fulfilling his end of the contract.[16] On 17 November 2020, the District Court of Reykjavík ruled that ÍR owed Sigurður two million ISK in back pays plus penalties.[17]

On 10 June 2020, Sigurður signed with Úrvalsdeild club Höttur.[18]

Icelandic national team

Between 2007 and 2019, Sigurður has played 58 games for the Icelandic men's national team.[19] He did not make the 12 man roster for the FIBA Eurobasket in 2015 and 2017.[6] In May 2019, he was called up to the national team for the first time since July 2017, ahead of the Games of the Small States of Europe.[20]

Awards and honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. Andri Yrkill Valsson (26 June 2019). "Sigurður búinn að semja í Frakklandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. "Ungur og efnilegur til Keflavíkur". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). 11 May 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. Doxa Pekfon signed Sigurdur Thorsteinsson A1Basket.gr
  4. "AEL signed Sigurdur Thorsteinsson". a1basket.gr. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (15 August 2017). "Sigurður Gunnar kominn aftur í Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (19 August 2017). "Sigurður Gunnar: Ég er fúll og brjálaður". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  7. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (5 July 2018). "Sigurður Gunnar yfirgefur Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. "Sigurður Gunnar Þorsteinsson í Breiðholtið". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 April 2019). "Sigurður Gunnar hefur gert "hið ómögulega" tvisvar sinnum á ferlinum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 May 2019). "Helena og Kristófer valin best annað tímabilið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  11. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (26 June 2019). "Siggi Þorsteins á leiðinni til Frakklands". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. Hjörvar Ólafsson (3 October 2019). "Orchies gat ekki greitt Sigurði "Er ekki með tilboð í höndunum"". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  13. Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (23 October 2019). "Siggi Þorsteins mættur aftur í Breiðholtið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  14. Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (7 November 2019). "Sigurður með slitið krossband". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  15. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (15 April 2020). "Siggi Þorsteins samningslaus". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  16. Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson (26 August 2020). "Sigurður Gunnar stefnir ÍR og vill vangoldin laun". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  17. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 November 2020). "Héraðsdómur dæmdi ÍR til að greiða Sigurði tæpar tvær milljónir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  18. Gunnar Gunnarsson (10 June 2020). "Langstærstu félagaskipti í sögu Hattar". Austurfrétt (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  19. A-landslið karla
  20. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 May 2019). "Sigurður Gunnar kemur aftur inn í landsliðið og er reyndasti maður hópsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  21. "Saga bikarúrslita KKÍ". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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