Valur Ingimundarson

Valur Ingimundarson

Personal information
Born	(1962-02-20) February 20, 1962
Nationality	Icelandic
Career information
Playing career	1979–2004
Position	Small forward
Number	15
Career history
As player:
1979–1988	Njarðvík
1988–1993	Tindastóll
1993–1995	Njarðvík
1995–1998	BK Odense
1998–2002	Tindastóll
2002–2004	Skallagrímur
As coach:
1985–1986	Njarðvík (Women's)
1986–1988	Njarðvík (Men's)
1988–1990	Tindastóll (Men's)
1991–1993	Tindastóll (Men's)
1993–1995	Njarðvík (Men's)
1994–1995	Njarðvík (Women's)
1995–1998	BK Odense (Men's)
1998–2002	Tindastóll (Men's)
2002–2007	Skallagrímur (Men's)
2008–2009	Njarðvík (Men's)
2010–2011	FSu (Men's)
2011–2012	Ammerud Basket (Men's)
2011–2012	Ammerud Basket (Women's)
Career highlights and awards
As a player 2x Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year (1984, 1988) 3x Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the year (1984, 1985, 1988) 5x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (1988-1992) Icelandic Team of the 20th century 8x Icelandic National champion (1981, 1982, 1984–1987, 1994, 1995) 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1987, 1988) Icelandic Company Cup (1999) Úrvalsdeild all-time career scoring leader As a coach Coach of the year (2000) 3x Icelandic National champion (1988, 1994, 1995) 2× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1987, 1988) Icelandic Company Cup (1999) Icelandic Division I champion (2004) Danish Division II champion (1996)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 1989 Cyprus National Team 1991 Andorra National Team 1993 Malta National Team 1995 Luxembourg National Team FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 1988 Malta National Team 1990 Wales National Team 1994 Ireland National Team

Valur Snjólfur Ingimundarson (born 20 Februar 1962) is an Icelandic basketball coach and a former player. He played for 20 seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild ^[1] and is its highest scoring player of all time. ^[2]

Icelandic National Team

Valur is the second most capped player in the national team history, playing 164 games between 1980 and 1995.^[3]

Team of the 20th century

In 2001 Valur was voted to the Icelandic team of the 20th century in basketball as a player.^[4]

Personal life

Valur is the older brother of Sigurður Ingimundarson, the winningest coach in Icelandic basketball history, ^[5] and the father of basketball player Valur Orri Valsson. ^[6]

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