Axel Kárason (born 11 February 1983) is an Icelandic basketball player, who plays for Tindastóll in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla, and a former member of the Icelandic national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015. He won the Icelandic championship in 2023 and the Icelandic Cup in 2018 with Tindastóll .

Playing career

Axel spent the early part of his career with Tindastóll and Skallagrímur. He was a key player on the Skallagrímur team that went to the 2006 Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Njarðvík. In 2015, Axel signed with

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, after five seasons with

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, and remained there until 2017 when he moved back to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla and signed with his hometown team, Tindastóll. On January 13, 2018, he helped Tindastóll to its first major title when they beat KR in Icelandic Basketball Cup finals. In September 2018, it was reported that Axel would not play during the 2018–2019 season. In an interview with

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, he stated that his departure from Tindastóll was for personal reasons and denied rumors of his alleged unhappiness with the club signing

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during the off-season. In January 2019, Axel signed with Tindastóll for the rest of the season. In 2022, he went to the Úrvalsdeild finals for the fourth time in his career, 21 years after his first trip in 2001. In 2023, he won his first Icelandic championship after Tindastóll defeated

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3–2 in a finals rematch.

National team

Axel was a member of the

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from 2006 to 2017, appearing in 57 games. He was a member of Iceland's squad at EuroBasket 2015.

Personal life

Axel is the son of former Icelandic national team members

Katrín Axelsdóttir Katrín Axelsdóttir (13 April 1956 – 25 June 1994) was an Icelandic multi-sport athlete, playing basketball, football and handball for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and Glímufélagið Ármann. She was a member of both the Icelandic natio ...

and

Kári Marísson Kári Marísson (born 20 November 1951) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete and basketball coach. He played and coached basketball for several decades and was the oldest player to have played in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla, ...

. He is the brother of former basketball players Arnar Snær Kárason and María Káradóttir and half-brother of former Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year

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. Outside of basketball, Axel is a licensed veterinarian.

References

External

2001-2007 statisticsKKÍ.is player profile
1983 births Living people Axel Karason Axel Karason Axel Karason Axel Karason Axel Karason Small forwards Axel Karason Axel Karason Værløse BBK players {{Iceland-basketball-bio-stub