Friðrik Pétur Ragnarsson (born 9 January 1967) is an Icelandic former
basketball
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player and a coach.
Playing career
Friðrik spent the majority of his career with Njarðvík, where he won the
Icelandic national championships 6 times.
He retired as a player after the
2001 Úrvalsdeild
The 2001 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 90th season of male league football in the top tier division in Iceland. The season was contested by 10 teams, where ÍA won their 18th championship. ÍA's Hjörtur Hjartarson was the top scorer with 15 go ...
finals.
Coaching career
Friðrik coached for nine seasons in the
Úrvalsdeild karla, winning the national championship in 2001 and 2002.
Icelandic national team
Between 1989 and 1999, Friðrik played 31 games for the
Icelandic national team.
Executive career
Friðrik served as the chairman of
Njarðvík
Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400.
History
In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...
's basketball department from 2017
to 2019.
Personal life
Friðrik is the father of Icelandic national team member
Elvar Már Friðriksson
Elvar Már Friðriksson (born 11 November 1994) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is also a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. ...
and Úrvalsdeild point guard Ragnar Helgi Friðriksson.
Awards and honours
As player
Club
*6x
Icelandic League champion (1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001)
*6×
Icelandic Basketball Cup (1987–1990, 1992, 1999)
*2x
Icelandic Supercup (1995, 1999)
Individual
*
Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1999)
As coach
*2x
Icelandic Men's League champion (2001, 2002)
*
Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup
The Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is n ...
(2002)
*2x
Icelandic Men's Supercup (2001, 2002)
*2x Icelandic Men's Company Cup (2002, 2009)
References
External links
Úrvalsdeild Statistics
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1970 births
Living people
Fridrik Ragnarsson
Fridrik Ragnarsson
Point guards
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Fridrik Ragnarsson
Fridrik Ragnarsson
Fridrik Ragnarsson