Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson
Grindavík
Position	Assistant coach
Personal information
Born	18 April 1976
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1992–2011
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Career history
As player:
1992–1993	Grindavík
1994–1998	Grindavík
1998–1999	Donar Groeningen
1999–2000	RB Antwerpen
2000–2001	Ieper
2001–2006	Grindavík
2008–2009	Grindavík
2010–2011	Grindavík
2011	ÍG
As coach:
2010–2012	Grindavík
2014	Keflavík
2019-present	Grindavík (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year (1998); 2x Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1998, 2003); 3x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1997, 1998, 2003); Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year (1993); Icelandic League champion (1996); 3× Icelandic Cup (1995, 1998, 2006); Icelandic Supercup (1996); As coach: Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year (2012); Icelandic League champion (2012); Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (2011); Icelandic Supercup (2011);

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson (born 18 April 1976) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former professional player. He spent the majority of his career with Grindavík where he won the Icelandic championship in 1996 and the Icelandic Cup in 1995, 1998 and 2006. He was twice named the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year and once the Icelandic Basketball Men's Player of the Year. After his playing career came to an end, Helgi went into coaching and led Grindavík to the Icelandic Cup in 2011 and the national championship in 2012.

Basketball

Playing career

He last played for ÍG in 2011 in the second-tier 1. deild karla, appearing two games where he averaged 31.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists.

National team career

From 1995 to 2001, Helgi played 63 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[1]

Coaching career

In April 2010, Helgi signed a 3-year contract with Grindavík. He was voted the Úrvalsdeild coach of the year in 2012[2] after he led Grindavík to the Icelandic championship.[3] After the season, he resigned from his post.[4]

In April 2014, he signed a 2-year contract as the head coach of rival Úrvalsdeild club Keflavík.[5] In November the same year, he was forced to step down as head coach due to heart problems.[6][7]

In May 2019, Helgi returned to coaching when he was hired as an assistant coach to Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson in Grindavík.[8]

Football

From 2002 to 2003, Helgi played 9 games in the Icelandic top-tier football league as well as appear in one cup game for Grindavík's football team.[9][10]

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References

"KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
Express League: Season 2011-2012 Awards
Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (May 9, 2012). "Helgi Jónas hættur með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (9 May 2012). "Helgi Jónas hættur með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
Skúli Sigurðsson (15 April 2014). "Helgi Jónas þjálfar Keflvíkinga". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 17, 2014). "Helgi glímir við hjartsláttartruflanir - Gæti hætt þjálfun hjá Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 27, 2014). "Helgi Jónas hættur - Þarf að endurskoða líf mitt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
"Helgi Jónas ráðinn til Grindavíkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
"Félagsmaður - Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
Björnsson, Jóhann Skúli (July 2, 2015). "Körfuboltamaður íhugaði sjálfsvíg: „Vanlíðan jókst eftir hvern einasta leik"". DV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.

External links

Icelandic statistics 2008-2011 at Icelandic Basketball Association

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[kki-1] "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-08-06.

[2] Express League: Season 2011-2012 Awards

[3] Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (May 9, 2012). "Helgi Jónas hættur með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[4] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (9 May 2012). "Helgi Jónas hættur með Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[5] Skúli Sigurðsson (15 April 2014). "Helgi Jónas þjálfar Keflvíkinga". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[6] Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 17, 2014). "Helgi glímir við hjartsláttartruflanir - Gæti hætt þjálfun hjá Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[7] Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (November 27, 2014). "Helgi Jónas hættur - Þarf að endurskoða líf mitt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[8] "Helgi Jónas ráðinn til Grindavíkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[9] "Félagsmaður - Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[10] Björnsson, Jóhann Skúli (July 2, 2015). "Körfuboltamaður íhugaði sjálfsvíg: „Vanlíðan jókst eftir hvern einasta leik"". DV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 September 2017.