Guðmundur Bragason

Guðmundur Bragason
Guðmundur Bragason, 2009
Player information
Full name	Guðmundur L. Bragason
birthday	April 21, 1967
place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
size	203 cm
position	Power Forward / Center
Clubs as active
1987–1996 UMF Grindavík 1996–1998 BCJ Hamburg Tigers 1998 UMF Grindavík 1999 SSV hagebau Weißenfels 1999–2002 Haukar Hafnarfjörður 2002–2004 UMF Grindavík 00000 00000
National team
1987-2003	Iceland	169

Guðmundur L. Bragason (born April 21, 1967 in Reykjavík ) is a former Icelandic basketball player . He is the record player for his country and was one of the few Icelandic professionals to play abroad during his playing days. Bragason played between 1996 and 1999 for the two German second division clubs BCJ Hamburg and SSV Weißenfels. In 2004 Guðmundur Bragason ended his active career; In addition to the number of international matches, he is also considered a record holder in various categories such as rebounds in the highest Icelandic league.

Career

Guðmundur Bragason initially played for years for the basketball team of the Ungmennafélag (UMF) from Grindavík . With this team, however, he was only able to win the championship in the Úrvalsdeild karla for the first time in 1996 . He then moved abroad and joined the BC Johanneum from Hamburg in the 2nd basketball league in Germany during the 1996/97 season . In the 2. BBL 1996/97 you could win the group north after only three main round defeats as the first in the table, but failed in the first division relegation at first division BG Steiner Bayreuth and the southern group first USC Freiburg . The following season 2. BBL 1997/98 they finished tied with the table first BG Oldenburg-Westerstede as third, but this time had to let the first division MTV Giessen and SSV Hagen go ahead in the first division relegation . Then Guðmundur Bragason initially returned to UMF Grindavík. When the club became illiquid, however, it was committed in January 1999 by the ambitious previous Hamburg league competitor SSV Einheit from Weißenfels . At the end of the season, the Weißenfelser, who had only been promoted last year, finished second in the group north in the 2nd BBL 1998/99, tied behind the BC Johanneum . While the Hamburg team secured promotion to the top division in the relegation round , the Weißenfels team initially narrowly missed the promotion, but were later able to move up to the top division for another team. However, Guðmundur Bragason returned to his homeland and still played for Haukar from Hafnarfjörður . With this team, however, he could not win any further titles, just as little as for his home club UMF Grindavík, where he ended his active career after two years in 2004.

In the Icelandic men's selection, Guðmundur Bragason made his debut against Sweden in 1987 . 168 more missions followed until 2003. Bragason was denied particular successes during this time, apart from the competitions of Division C of FIBA Europe for small states and the games of the small states of Europe .

Web links

• KKÍ.is: Guðmundur L Bragason: Ferillinn í úrvalsdeild - Profile and statistics on the websites of the Icelandic Association ( Icelandic )
• Gudmundur Bragason - Overview of participation in international FIBA tournaments on archive.fiba.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna. KKÍ , accessed June 17, 2016 (Icelandic, list of record-breaking national players). 
2. ↑ The Icelandic capital Reykjavík is given as the place of birth, as it is also given in the profile in the FIBA ​​player archive (see web link).
3. ↑ Christian Jess: The Tigers on the Go. Hamburger Abendblatt , September 12, 1997, accessed on September 6, 2015 (repro in the news archive). 
4. Jump up ↑ Short News Sports from January 9th. Hamburger Abendblatt , January 9, 1999, accessed on September 6, 2015 (repro in the news archive). 
5. ↑ Holger Zimmer: Wolves smoke cigars too early. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , April 17, 2009, accessed on September 6, 2015 . 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .