Dagur Kár Jónsson


Dagur Kár Jónsson is an Icelandic basketball player for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla.

College

Dagur Kár played the 2015–16 season 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.

Playing career

During the 2014-15 season, Dagur Kár averaged 17.6 points and 3.6 assists. He was named to the Úrvalsdeild All-First team for the first half of the season. After the season, he joined St. Francis.
On October 28, 2016, Dagur Kár signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Grindavík. In 2017, he resigned with Grindavík.
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, 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. In July 2018, it was reported that he had signed with Raiffeisen Flyers Wels of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. In his contract with Stjarnan was a clause allowing him to sign with a bigger club. He helped the Flyer Wels finish fifth in the league and reach the playoffs where it fell out in the first round. 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. Two days later, doctors discovered an infection in the knee, derailing his recovery.

Personal life

Dagur'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. Dagur's brothers, Daði Lár Jónsson and Dúi Þór Jónsson, have also played in the Úrvalsdeild karla.

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