Guðni Ólafur Guðnason

Guðni Ólafur Guðnason

infobox NBA Player
name = Guðni Ólafur Guðnason
position = Guard/Forward
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 190
nationality = Iceland
birth_date = Birth date and age|1965|12|14|mf=y
birth_place = Iceland
career_start = 1983
career_end = 2007
former_teams = KR 1983-1994, ÍS 1994-96, KFÍ 1996-2007

Guðni Ólafur Guðnason (born December 14, 1965 in Iceland) is an Icelandic basketball player who played 74 games for the Icelandic national team. [ [http://www.kki.is/landslid.asp?adgerd=leikmenn&lid=alidkarla KKÍ.is ] ] He is the son of former Icelandic international Guðni Ólafur Guðnason Sr.

He started his career with KR and spent 11 years there, winning the Icelandic Championship in 1990, and the Icelandic Cup in 1984 and 1991. He was selected as the rookie of the year in 1983 and the All-First team in 1987-88. [ [http://www.kki.is/vidurkenningar.asp?flokkur=15&kyn=KK KKÍ.is ] ]

In 1994 he went over to 1.division club ÍS as a player-coach and led them to a 16-4 record, good for first place. The team knocked out Þór Þorlákshöfn 3-2 in the first round of the playoffs before losing 0-2 to Breiðablik in the Finals. During the 1995-96 season he led ÍS to a 11-5 record and a third place finish. ÍS got knocked out by eventual champions, KFÍ, 0-2 in the first round of the playoffs.

In 1996 he took over freshly promoted KFÍ as a player-coach. In his first season he led the team to a 9-13 record, and just missed the playoffs by a tie-breaker. He averaged 11,6 points on a 61,3% shooting. During his second season KFÍ achieved a fifth place finish with a 13-9 record. KFÍ lost in the first round of the playoffs to eventual champions UMFN, 2-3. KFÍ also made it to the Icelandic Cup final where it lost to UMFG, 71-95. [ [http://www.isisport.is/isi/urslit/kki/1998/00000645/06450501.htm Leikur ] ]

Guðni resigned as coach and semi-retired as player after that season, only playing a handful of games when injuries plagued the main squad. He did however play for the KFÍ B-team in the 2.division, leading them regularly to regional championships and B-team national playoff. He appeared in three league games during the 2006-2007 season, with his best game coming against Valur where he scored 6 points in 7 minutes, and one game in the Icelandic Cup against Keflavík where he also netted 6 points.

Guðni scored 3494 points in 253 games with KR and KFÍ in the Icelandic Premium division, which makes him 17th on the all time scoring list. [ [http://www.kki.is/tolfraedi_einst_ferill.asp?Magn=20&Adgerd=NyRodun&RadaEftir=Stig&Submit=S%E6kja KKÍ.is ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kki.is/tolfraedi_ferill_leikmanns.asp?Felaganumer=37331 KKÍ.is player premium division profile]
* [http://www.einzi.com/meiradeildin/kfi/skodaleikmann.phtml?p_id=119 KFÍ.is player profile]


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