Daði Lár Jónsson (born 23 October 1996) is an Icelandic

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player and former sprinter. During his basketball career, he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup twice as a member of

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær. Basketball Men's basketball As of the 2017–2 ...

and once with Valur.

Basketball career

Daði came up through the junior programs of

. In January 2016, he moved over to

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

, where his father had starred. He left the club in July 2018. In August 2018, he signed with

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

. For the 2018–19 season, he averaged 8.4 points and team leading 3.8 assists. On 24 September 2023, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Valur defeated Tindastóll 80–72. After starting the 2023–2024 season with Valur, Daði signed with Haukar in November 2023.

Personal life

Daði's father, Jón Kr. Gíslason, played 158 games for the Icelandic national team between 1982 and 1995 and coached the national team from 1995 to 1999. Daði's brothers,

Dagur Kár Jónsson Dagur Kár Jónsson (born 15 February 1995) is an Icelandic former basketball player. A 185 cm point guard, he won the Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup, Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2013 and 2015 as a member of Stjarnan men's basketball, Stjarn ...

and Dúi Þór Jónsson, have also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla.

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
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Icelandic Basketball Association The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketbal ...

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