Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir (born 10 October 1992) is an Icelandic

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player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. A five-time national champion, she is the Úrvalsdeild all-time leader in games played.

Career

Guðbjörg came up through the junior teams of

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and played her first games with the senior team during the 2006-2007 season. In 2010, Guðbjörg helped

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to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KR in five games. On February 16, 2013, Guðbjörg dislocated her shoulder in the first half of Valur's Icelandic Cup finals game against

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. She returned to the court in second half, after the

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popped the shoulder back in the socket, and was a major catalyst in Valur's comeback to the game. However, with two minutes left of the third quarter, Guðbjörg ruptured her

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, and without her Keflavík won a narrow 68-60 victory. After going through illness during the 2014-2015 season, Guðbjörg recovered and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team in 2016. On April 13, 2018, she helped Valur knock out defending champions Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild semi-finals. In the series clinching game, she had 14 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds. In the Úrvalsdeild finals, she faced

, led by her sister Helena Sverrisdóttir. After splitting the first four games, Valur lost the fifth and deciding game, 74-70. On 16 February 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup after Valur defeated

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in the Cup finals, 74-90. On 27 April 2019, she helped Valur win its first ever national championship after beating

in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-0. Valur opened the 2019–20 season by defeating

, 105-81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup behinds Guðbjörg's team-high 22 points. It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild. On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 28 April 2023, she won her fifth Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded

in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1. On 21 January 2025, she became the Úrvalsdeild all-time leader in games played, breaking

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's record of 382 games. In the game, she also scored her 1,000 basket.

Icelandic national team

Guðbjörg played her first game for the Icelandic national basketball team in 2014. She won silver with Iceland at the

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and

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. As of 1 May 2018, she has played 16 games for the national team.

Personal life

Guðbjörg parents are Sverrir Hjörleifsson and Svanhildur Guðlaugsdóttir. Guðbjörg 's sister, Helena Sverrisdóttir, is an 11-time Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year and a member of the Icelandic national team. Her brother, Kristján Leifur Sverrisson, played for

in Úrvalsdeild karla.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (4):

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* Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year: 2010

Titles

* Icelandic champion (5): 2007, 2009,

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* Icelandic Basketball Cup (2): 2007,

* Icelandic Super Cup: 2019 * Icelandic Company Cup: 2013

Accomplishments

*Icelandic All-Star (3): 2010, 2013, 2014 * Úrvalsdeild kvenna all-time career games played leader

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
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