Dagur Kár Jónsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Dagur Kár.

Dagur Kár Jónsson

Dagur Kár with Stjarnan in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29) Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Listed height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	75 lb (34 kg)
Career information
College	St. Francis College (2015–2016)
Playing career	2010–2024
Position	Point guard
Number	1, 4, 9
Career history
2010–2015	Stjarnan
2016–2018	Grindavík
2018–2019	Flyers Wels
2019–2021	Grindavík
2021–2022	Ourense
2022–2023	KR
2023–2024	Stjarnan
Career highlights and awards
2x Icelandic Basketball Cup winner (2013, 2015)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 2019 Montenegro Team

Dagur Kár Jónsson (born 15 February 1995) is an Icelandic former basketball player. A 185 cm point guard, he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2013 and 2015 as a member of Stjarnan. In 2019, he debuted for the Icelandic national team.

College

Dagur Kár played the 2015–16 season^[1] with St. Francis College where he averaged 4.6 points and 1.3 assists in 18.2 minutes per game. He left the school in October 2016.^[2][3]

Playing career

During the 2014-15 season, Dagur Kár averaged 17.6 points and 3.6 assists.^[4] He was named to the Úrvalsdeild All-First team for the first half of the season.^[5] After the season, he joined St. Francis.^[1]

On October 28, 2016, Dagur Kár signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Grindavík.^[3] In 2017, he resigned with Grindavík.^[6]

For the 2017–18 season, Dagur Kár averaged 16.6 points and 6.7 assists but Grindavík was knocked out in the first round of the playoffs.

On April 20, 2018, he exercised an escape clause in his contract and left Grindavík to sign back with his hometown club of Stjarnan,^[7] much to the dismay of Grindavík's board as they claimed that he had stated to them that he would stay at the club for next season.^[8] In July 2018, it was reported that he had signed with Raiffeisen Flyers Wels of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga.^[9] In his contract with Stjarnan was a clause allowing him to sign with a bigger club.^[10] He helped the Flyer Wels finish fifth in the league and reach the playoffs where it fell out in the first round.^[11] For the season he averaged 10.5 points and 3.0 assists in 36 games.

On 28 August 2019, Dagur Kár returned to Grindavík, signing a 2-year contract. In November 2019, he underwent a surgery and was expected to miss 6–8 weeks.^[12] Two days later, doctors discovered an infection in the knee, derailing his recovery.^[13]

In October 2021, Dagur signed with Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Plata.^[14] He left the team in January 2022 after being diagnosed with myocarditis.^[15] In 13 games with Ourense, he averaged 10.2 points and 2.3 assists.^[16]

On 2 May 2022, Dagur Kár returned to the Úrvalsdeild and signed with KR.^[17] In January 2023, he left KR en joined Stjarnan.^[18] In March 2023, he underwent a season ending knee surgery.^[19]

In October 2024, Dagur announced his retirement from basketball due to lingering injuries.^[20]

Personal life

Dagur's father, Jón Kr. Gíslason, played 158 games for the Icelandic national team between 1982 and 1995^[21] and coached the national team from 1995^[22] to 1999.^[23] Dagur's brothers, Daði Lár Jónsson^[24] and Dúi Þór Jónsson, have also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla.^[25]

References

1. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (12 November 2014). "Dagur Kár verður samherji Gunnars í Brooklyn næsta vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
2. "Dagur á heimleið?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (28 October 2016). "Dagur Kár: Hentaði mér mun betur að fara í Grindavík núna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 December 2015). "Dagur Kár með sinn besta leik í bandaríska háskólaboltanum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
5. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (6 January 2015). "Craion og Hardy best - Myndir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
6. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (10 May 2017). "Dagur Kár áfram í Grindavík og Jóhann Árni kemur aftur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
7. Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (20 April 2018). "Dagur Kár kominn heim - Hlynur og Tómas framlengdu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
8. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (20 April 2018). "Grindvíkingar ósáttir með vinnubrögð Stjörnunnar". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
9. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (25 July 2018). "Dagur Kár farinn til Austurríkis og spilar ekki með Stjörnunni í vetur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
10. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (26 July 2018). "Tækifæri sem ég varð að stökkva á". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 July 2018.
11. Hjörvar Ólafsson (15 June 2019). "Stefnir á að taka næsta skref". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
12. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (15 November 2019). "Dagur Kár frá næstu sex vikur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
13. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (26 November 2019). "Fékk sýkingu sem kemur upp í 1% tilfella". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
14. "Dagur Kár heldur til Spánar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
15. Davíð Eldur (2 May 2022). "Dagur Kár var frá allan seinni hluta tímabils vegna hjartavöðvabólgu, en skrifaði undir hjá KR í dag "Virkilega spennandi tækifæri"". Karfan (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
16. Davíð Eldur (28 January 2022). "Dagur Kár yfirgefur Ourense". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
17. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (2 May 2022). "Dagur Kár í KR - Framlengt við Þorvald Orra og Veigar Áka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
18. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (5 January 2023). "Dagur Kár yfirgefur KR og fer aftur í Stjörnuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
19. "Ekki meira með á tímabilinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
20. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (9 October 2024). "Dagur Kár neyðist til að hætta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
21. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
22. "Jón Kr. tekur við landsliðinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 October 1995. p. B1. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
23. ""Kom mér í opna skjöldu"". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). July 1, 1999. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
24. Stefán Þór Hjartarson (23 June 2017). "Kaupir bara það sem honum líkar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
25. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 January 2019). "Hafði Seinfeld áhugi þjálfarans áhrif á komu Kramer?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 January 2019.

External links

• Dagur Jonsson profile at realgm.com
• Úrvalsdeild profile at kki.is
• St. Francis player profile at sfcathletics.com