Anna María Sveinsdóttir

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Born (1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 55)
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Playing career1984–2006
PositionPower forward / center
Anna María Sveinsdóttir
Personal information
Born (1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 55)
Keflavík, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1984–2006
PositionPower forward / center
Number14
Coaching career1997–2003
Career history
As a player:
1984–1990Keflavík
1990Brunell
1990–2000Keflavík
2001–2006Keflavík
As a coach:
1997–1999Keflavík
2001–2003Keflavík
Career highlights
As player:

As coach:

Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna playing statistics
Points5,001 (15.4 ppg)
Games324
Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild kvenna56–20 (.737)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Iceland
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place2003 MaltaTeam
Silver medal – second place2005 AndorraTeam
FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Gold medal – first place1996 MaltaNational Team
Silver medal – second place2002 AndorraNational Team
Gold medal – first place2004 WalesNational Team

Anna María Sveinsdóttir (born 22 November 1969) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. She won twelve Icelandic championships and eleven Icelandic basketball cups, and is regarded as one of the best women's players in Icelandic basketball history.[1][2]

She was the first player to break the 5000 points barrier in Úrvalsdeild kvenna and finished her career as its all-time leading scorer with 5001 points in 324 games.[3][4] The scoring record stood until 23 April 2013, when it was broken by Birna Valgarðsdóttir.[5] In 2001 she was voted the Icelandic female basketball player of the century and as one of the twelve players on the team of the 20th century.[6]

Anna María served as a player-coach for four seasons with Keflavík, accumulating a 56-20 record (73.7%) and two national championships.[7]

National team career

Between 1986 and 2004, Anna María played 60 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[8]

Úrvalsdeild statistics

† Denotes seasons in which Anna María won the national championship
* Led the league

Regular season statistics

Year Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985–86 Keflavík 10--------8.9
1986–87 Keflavík 18---.629----13.9
1987–88† Keflavík 18---.735----17.5*
1988–89† Keflavík 17---.576----16.3
1989–90† Keflavík 18---.733----22.2*
1990–91 Keflavík 13---.744----24.0*
1991–92† Keflavík 20---.808----18.2
1992–93† Keflavík 7---.579----14.1
1993–94† Keflavík 17---.742----16.4
1994–95 Keflavík 23-.479.500.890*10.21.83.01.218.7
1995–96† Keflavík 17-.534.444.7929.61.82.60.620.2
1996–97 Keflavík 18-.481.357.7658.42.43.70.616.9
1997–98† Keflavík 1628.5.653.333.8688.32.93.00.315.1*
1998–99 Keflavík 2029.5.361.200.903*9.63.44.20.412.8
1999–00† Keflavík 2029.5.472.167.8649.34.9*2.51.412.6
2001–02 Keflavík 924.6.420.333.75911.03.41.71.111.0
2002–03† Keflavík 1821.0.418.455.7506.83.42.30.89.3
2003–04† Keflavík 1925.9.448.414.8559.74.22.10.912.5
2004–05† Keflavík 1928.2.439.354.8728.13.52.91.112.1
2005–06 Keflavík 723.1.423.143.6255.42.93.10.78.1
Career 324--------15.4

Playoffs statistics

Year Team GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TP PPG
1994† Keflavík 7--------12117.3
1995 Keflavík 5-.526 .000.71410.41.43.20.69519.0
1996† Keflavík 6-.458.444.9099.72.83.70.311018.3
1997 Keflavík 2-.414.000.8335.01.04.00.53417.0
1998† Keflavík 6-.412.429.7147.02.02.00.78414.0
1999 Keflavík 535.6.400.21.69610.64.03.20.87615.2
2000† Keflavík 736.7.449.500.7658.14.63.61.710615.1
2002 Keflavík 331.7.500.000.7509.33.02.31.0175.7
2003† Keflavík 526.2.462.1821.0008.85.62.80.66513.0
2004† Keflavík 632.3.386.600.90913.24.72.70.78213.7
2005† Keflavík 634.2.391.474.81311.53.53.71.27612.7
Career 58--------86614.9

Note: Rebounds, assists, steals and blocks where first tracked during the 1993–94 season. Minutes where first tracked during the 1996–97 season.
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