Hilmar Smári Henningsson
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Liga ACB | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Iceland | 3 September 2000||||||||||||||
Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Haukar | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Þór Akureyri | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Haukar | ||||||||||||||
2019–present | Valencia Basket | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Hilmar Smári Henningsson (born 3 September 2000) is an Icelandic basketball player for the Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB and the Icelandic national basketball team.
Club career
Hilmar Smári started his senior team career with Haukar, appearing in 7 games during the 2016–17 Úrvalsdeild karla season. After starting the following season with Haukar, he moved to Þór Akureyri in December 2017. In 12 games with Þór, he averaged 12.2 points and 4.0 rebounds.
He returned to Haukar for the 2018–19 season and went on to average 14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. After the season he was named the Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year.[1]
In April 2019, Hilmar Smári had a tryout with Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.[2] Two months later he signed a 2-year contract with the team.[3]
National team career
Hilmar Smári played his first games for the Icelandic national team during the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe[4] where Iceland finished third.[3]
Personal life
Hilmar's father is Henning Henningson,[5] who played 30 games for the Icelandic national team from 1985 to 1993.[6] His sister is basketball player Lovísa Henningsdóttir.
Awards, titles and accomplishments
Individual awards
References
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári til Valencia". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (18 April 2019). "Hilmar Smári til reynslu hjá Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b Guðmundur Hilmarsson (19 June 2019). "Hilmar Smári búinn að semja við Valencia". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 May 2019). "Sigurður Gunnar kemur aftur inn í landsliðið og er reyndasti maður hópsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Einar Sigtryggsson (1 February 2018). "Förum bara erfiðu leiðina". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "A Landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 19 June 2019.