Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson
Personal information
Born	(1976-04-18) April 18, 1976
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1992–2011
Position	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

Career highlights and awards
As a 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 champion (1996) 3× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1995, 1998, 2006) Icelandic Supercup (1996) As a coach Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year (2012) Icelandic champion (2012) Icelandic Basketball Cup (2011) Icelandic Supercup (2011)

Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson is a former Icelandic professional basketball coach and professional basketball player.

He was voted coach of the year of the men's Úrvalsdeild in the 2011-12 season,^[1] when he won the Icelandic championship with Grindavík.

He last coached Úrvalsdeild club Keflavík in the beginning of the 2014-2015 season before having to step down and retiring from coaching because of heart problems.^[2]

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