Logi Gunnarsson (born 5 September 1981) is an Icelandic former

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player who played most of his career for

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in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla. He was a member of the Icelandic national basketball team, where he participated at the

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and

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. During his career he has won the Icelandic championship three times, in 1998, 2001 and 2002, and the Icelandic Cup twice, in 2002 and 2021. In 2001, he was named the Icelandic Male Basketball Player of the Year.

Playing career

Club career

Logi came up through the junior programs of

and played his first games with the senior team during the 1997–1998 season. He scored a season high 20 points against

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on 8 March 1998. He played limited minutes in Njarðvík's playoffs run which ended with a three-game sweep of KR in the finals. The following season Logi moved to the

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where he played high school basketball for St. Mary High School in

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. He returned to Iceland and joined Njarðvík again in February 2000. He went on to average 9.5 points and scored a season high 25 points against

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on 3 March 2000. During the playoffs, he averaged 11.3 points but was unable to stop Njarðvík from losing against eventual champions KR in the semi-finals. On 5 January 2020, he appeared in an Úrvalsdeild game for the fourth different decade. During the 2020–2021 season, the 25th of his career, Logi averaged 11.5 points per game. On 18 September 2021 he scored 14 points in Njarðvík's 97–93 win against

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in the Icelandic Cup final, ending the clubs 16 year major title draught. On 2 October 2021, he had scored 2 points in Njarðvík's 100–113 loss against Þór Þorlákshöfn in the Icelandic Super Cup. In October, he suffered a knee injury after a collision with a teammate during a game between Njarðvík and Valur and was expected to miss six weeks. In August 2022, he signed a 2-year contract extension with Njarðvík. On 29 December 2022, he became the oldest player to score 20 points in an Úrvalsdeild karla game when he had 23 points in a victory against

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, breaking

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's record from 2001. He announced his retirement from basketball following the 2022–2023 season.

National team career

On 25 July 2011 Logi scored his one-thousandth point for the national team. He participated with Iceland at the

and

. He has also participated five–times at the

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. On 19 February 2018 Logi announced that he would retire from national team play after Iceland's games against

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and the

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in the

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later that month. From 2000 to 2018 he played 147 games for the national team.

Coaching career

In July 2024, Logi was hired as an assistant to Njarðvík's Rúnar Inga Erlingsson.

Personal life

Logi is the son of former Icelandic national team player

Gunnar Þorvarðarson Gunnar Þorvarðarson (born 11 June 1951) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach and a former member of the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic national basketball team. As a player and coach, he was a member of six Úrv ...

References

External links

Korisliiga profile
at korisliiga.fi
Icelandic statistics 2008-present
at kki.is
Icelandic statistics 1997-2002
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