Daniel Andreas Mortensen (born 21 October 1994) is a Danish basketball player for

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of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla and the Denmark national team. He played

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for

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and

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. In 2021, he won the

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championship with

Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. The club plays in the Basketligaen, the top-tier basketball league in Denmark. Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times, holding the record for the most c ...

and in 2022 he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year while playing for

Þór Þorlákshöfn Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various othe ...

Playing career

Early career

Mortensen started his career with the

Hørsholm 79ers Hørsholm 79'ers Basketball Klub is a Danish basketball club from Hørsholm founded in 1979, playing both in the male and female Danish championships. The women's team is one of the most successful teams in Danish history, having won 9 national ch ...

in 2013 and played two seasons with the team.

College career

Following his second season with the 79ers, Mortensen joined

where he played one season with the

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. The following year he transferred to

where he spent the remaining years of his college career.

After college

Following his college career, Mortensen signed with Wetterbygden Stars of the

Swedish Basketball League Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...

. In 2020, he signed with CB Myrtia of the

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but shortly later moved to the

where he won the

championship in 2021. In July 2021, Mortensen signed with reigning Icelandic champions

. On 18 February, he scored a career high 47 points in a victory against Breiðablik. For the season, he averaged 18.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 29 regular season and playoff games. For his effort, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year. On 21 May 2022, Mortensen signed with newly promoted

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

. For the season he averaged 15.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists. In May 2023, Mortensen signed with

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
at

Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

Barry Buccaneers bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortensen, Daniel 1994 births Living people Bakken Bears players Centers (basketball) Danish expatriate basketball people in Iceland Danish expatriate basketball people in Spain Danish expatriate basketball people in Sweden Danish expatriate basketball people in the United States Danish men's basketball players Daniel Mortensen Daniel Mortensen Hørsholm 79ers players Daniel Mortensen Daniel Mortensen Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Danish sportsmen