Icelandic basketball player and coach
Anna María Sveinsdóttir Born (1969-11-22 ) 22 November 1969 (age 55) Keflavík , IcelandNationality Icelandic Playing career 1984–2006 Position Power forward / center Number 14 Coaching career 1997–2003 1984–1990 Keflavík 1990 Brunell 1990–2000 Keflavík 2001–2006 Keflavík 1997–1999 Keflavík 2001–2003 Keflavík
As player:
Icelandic Player of the 20th century
Icelandic Team of the 20th century
Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year (1994)
Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year (1998)
6x Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1988, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999)
10x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1988-1992, 1995-1999)
12x Icelandic champion (1988-1990, 1992-1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003-2005)
Icelandic Division I (1985)
10× Icelandic Basketball Cup (1988-1990, 1994-1998, 2000, 2004)
5x Icelandic Supercup (1996, 2001, 2003-2005)
3x Icelandic Company Cup (2002-2004)
4x Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (1988, 1990, 1991, 1998)
Úrvalsdeild assists leader (2000)
2× Icelandic All-Star (2004, 2005)
As coach:
Points 5,001 (15.4 ppg) Games 324
Úrvalsdeild kvenna 56–20 (.737)
Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born 22 November 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. She won twelve Icelandic championships and eleven Icelandic basketball cups , and is regarded as one of the best women's players in Icelandic basketball history.[ 1] [ 2]
She was the first player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and finished her career as its all-time leading scorer with 5001 points in 324 games.[ 3] [ 4] The scoring record stood until 23 April 2013, when it was broken by Birna Valgarðsdóttir .[ 5] In 2001 she was voted the Icelandic female basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century .[ 6]
Coaching career
Anna María served as a player-coach for four seasons with Keflavík , accumulating a 56-20 record (73.7%) and two national championships.[ 7]
National team career
Between 1986 and 2004, Anna María played 60 games for the Icelandic national basketball team .[ 8]
Úrvalsdeild statistics
†
Denotes seasons in which Anna María won the national championship
*
Led the league
Regular season statistics
Year
Team
1985–86
Keflavík
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8.9
1986–87
Keflavík
18
-
-
-
.629
-
-
-
-
13.9
1987–88†
Keflavík
18
-
-
-
.735
-
-
-
-
17.5*
1988–89†
Keflavík
17
-
-
-
.576
-
-
-
-
16.3
1989–90†
Keflavík
18
-
-
-
.733
-
-
-
-
22.2*
1990–91
Keflavík
13
-
-
-
.744
-
-
-
-
24.0*
1991–92†
Keflavík
20
-
-
-
.808
-
-
-
-
18.2
1992–93†
Keflavík
7
-
-
-
.579
-
-
-
-
14.1
1993–94†
Keflavík
17
-
-
-
.742
-
-
-
-
16.4
1994–95
Keflavík
23
-
.479
.500
.890*
10.2
1.8
3.0
1.2
18.7
1995–96†
Keflavík
17
-
.534
.444
.792
9.6
1.8
2.6
0.6
20.2
1996–97
Keflavík
18
-
.481
.357
.765
8.4
2.4
3.7
0.6
16.9
1997–98†
Keflavík
16
28.5
.653
.333
.868
8.3
2.9
3.0
0.3
15.1*
1998–99
Keflavík
20
29.5
.361
.200
.903*
9.6
3.4
4.2
0.4
12.8
1999–00†
Keflavík
20
29.5
.472
.167
.864
9.3
4.9*
2.5
1.4
12.6
2001–02
Keflavík
9
24.6
.420
.333
.759
11.0
3.4
1.7
1.1
11.0
2002–03†
Keflavík
18
21.0
.418
.455
.750
6.8
3.4
2.3
0.8
9.3
2003–04†
Keflavík
19
25.9
.448
.414
.855
9.7
4.2
2.1
0.9
12.5
2004–05†
Keflavík
19
28.2
.439
.354
.872
8.1
3.5
2.9
1.1
12.1
2005–06
Keflavík
7
23.1
.423
.143
.625
5.4
2.9
3.1
0.7
8.1
Career
324
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15.4
Playoffs statistics
Year
Team
1994†
Keflavík
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
121
17.3
1995
Keflavík
5
-
.526
.000
.714
10.4
1.4
3.2
0.6
95
19.0
1996†
Keflavík
6
-
.458
.444
.909
9.7
2.8
3.7
0.3
110
18.3
1997
Keflavík
2
-
.414
.000
.833
5.0
1.0
4.0
0.5
34
17.0
1998†
Keflavík
6
-
.412
.429
.714
7.0
2.0
2.0
0.7
84
14.0
1999
Keflavík
5
35.6
.400
.21
.696
10.6
4.0
3.2
0.8
76
15.2
2000†
Keflavík
7
36.7
.449
.500
.765
8.1
4.6
3.6
1.7
106
15.1
2002
Keflavík
3
31.7
.500
.000
.750
9.3
3.0
2.3
1.0
17
5.7
2003†
Keflavík
5
26.2
.462
.182
1.000
8.8
5.6
2.8
0.6
65
13.0
2004†
Keflavík
6
32.3
.386
.600
.909
13.2
4.7
2.7
0.7
82
13.7
2005†
Keflavík
6
34.2
.391
.474
.813
11.5
3.5
3.7
1.2
76
12.7
Career
58
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
866
14.9
Note: Rebounds, assists, steals and blocks where first tracked during the 1993–94 season. Minutes where first tracked during the 1996–97 season.
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