Páll Axel Vilbergsson
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![]() Páll Axel in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 January 1978 |
| Nationality | Icelandic |
| Listed height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Career information | |
| College | Campbellsville (1997) |
| Playing career | 1994–2019 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1994–1997 | Grindavík |
| 1998 | Skallagrímur |
| 1998–1999 | Grindavík |
| 1999–2000 | Fleron |
| 2000–2012 | Grindavík |
| 2012–2015 | Skallagrímur |
| 2015–2016 | Grindavík |
| 2017–2019 | Njarðvík-b |
| As coach: | |
| 2000 | Grindavík (Women's) |
| 2017 | Grindavík (Women's) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics | |
| Points | 6,949 (17.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,471 (6.1 rpg) |
| Games | 407 |
Páll Axel Vilbergsson (born 4 January 1978) is an Icelandic former basketball player who played for 22 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla and was a two time national champion.[1] He was also a member of the Icelandic national team from 1996 to 2009. In 2004 he was selected as the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.[2]
He was one of the most prolific three point shooters the Úrvalsdeild karla history and was its first player to make 1000 three points shots.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2010 he tied the Úrvalsdeild record for most points scored by an Icelandic player in a single game when he scored 54 points against Tindastóll.[8][9] In 2011 he made a controversial three pointer at the buzzer that won the Icelandic Super Cup for Grindavík.[10][11][12][13]
Páll Axel last played for Division II club Njarðvík-b.[14]
From 1996 to 2009, Páll Axel played 92 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[15]
Awards and accomplishments
Club honours
- Icelandic championship (2): 1996, 2012
- Icelandic Basketball Cup (2): 1995, 2006
- Icelandic Super Cup (3) : 1996, 1998, 2011
- Icelandic Company Cup (3) : 2000, 2009, 2011
Individual awards
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1) : 2004[16]
- Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (6) : 2003, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010[17]
