Jakob Örn Sigurðarson (born 4 April 1982) is an Icelandic

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coach and former player. He was named the Icelandic men's basketball player of the year in 2011. Jakob won the Icelandic championship in 2000 and 2009, and the Swedish championship in 2011.

College career

He played his senior year of high school in

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and played basketball at Birmingham-Southern College,

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Playing career

Jakob played in Sweden for 10 years, first with

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from 2009-2015 and then with

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until 2019. In May 2019, Jakob returned Iceland and signed with KR along with his brother Matthías Orri Sigurðarson. On 5 January 2020, KR announced that he would miss significant time due to a slipped disk in his back. Jakob announced his retirement from basketball following KR's loss against Keflavík in the semi-finals of the 2021 Úrvalsdeild playoffs.

National team career

Jakob debuted for the

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in 2000 and participated with them in

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. In August 2016, he declared his retirement from international play. However, in November 2017, he returned to the national team and played with it until 2018. In his 18-year national team career, he played 92 games for Iceland.

Coaching career

In August 2021, Jakob was hired as an assistant coach with KR. Following KR's relegation to the second-tier 1. deild karla, Jakob was hired as the head coach of the team.

Personal life

Jakob is the older brother of professional basketball player Matthías Orri Sigurðarson.

References

External links

Profile at FIBA Europe
at Sports-reference.com
Basketligan profile
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