Valur Ingimundarson
Valur Snjólfur Ingimundarson (born 20 February 1962) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. He played for 20 seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild[1][2] and is its highest scoring player of all time.[3]
Personal information | |
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Born | February 20, 1962 |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1979–2004 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 15 |
Coaching career | 1985–2012 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1979–1988 | Njarðvík |
1988–1993 | Tindastóll |
1993–1995 | Njarðvík |
1995–1998 | BK Odense |
1998–2002 | Tindastóll |
2002–2004 | Skallagrímur |
As coach: | |
1985–1986 | Njarðvík (Women's) |
1986–1988 | Njarðvík (Men's) |
1988–1990 | Tindastóll (Men's) |
1991–1993 | Tindastóll (Men's) |
1993–1995 | Njarðvík (Men's) |
1994–1995 | Njarðvík (Women's) |
1995–1998 | BK Odense (Men's) |
1998–2002 | Tindastóll (Men's) |
2002–2007 | Skallagrímur (Men's) |
2008–2009 | Njarðvík (Men's) |
2010–2011 | FSu (Men's) |
2011–2012 | Ammerud Basket (Men's) |
2011–2012 | Ammerud Basket (Women's) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
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Career Úrvalsdeild karla playing statistics | |
Points | 7,355 (18.4 ppg) |
Games | 400 |
Career coaching record | |
Úrvalsdeild karla | 240–152 (.612) |
Úrvalsdeild kvenna | 7–27 (.206) |
Medals
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Denmark
Valur was a player-coach for Odense BK from 1995 to 1998 and helped the club achieve promotion up two levels in two seasons and to the Danish top-tier league in 1997.[4][5] He left Odense after the 1997-1998 season and to over as head coach for Tindastóll.[6]
Icelandic national team
Valur is the second most capped player in the national team history, playing 164 games between 1980 and 1995.[7]
Team of the 20th century
In 2001 Valur was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.[8]
Personal life
Valur is the older brother of Sigurður Ingimundarson,[9] the winningest coach in Icelandic basketball history,[10] and the father of basketball player Valur Orri Valsson.[11]
References
- Valur Ingimundarson - Stats
- Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (17 February 2003). ""Það á að banna erlenda leikmenn"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- Heildartölfræði einstaklinga á úrvalsdeildarferlinum
- "Upp um tvær deildir á tveimur árum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 April 1997. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Valur og félagar eru enn á sigurbraut". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 October 1997. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Valur þjálfar Stólana". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 May 1988. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- Lið aldarinnar hjá KKÍ tilkynnt í bikarúrslitaleikjunum á laugardaginn
- "Sigurður tekur við Njarðvík". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- 29. leikurinn milli þjálfarabræðranna Vals og Sigurðar
- Fjórtán ára í byrjunarliði Njarðvíkur