Kári Marísson

Kári Marísson (born 20 November 1951) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete and basketball coach. He played and coached basketball for several decades and was the oldest player to have played in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla, at the age of 49 years,[1][2] until the record was broken by Baldur Þorleifsson in 2015.[3]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kári.
Kári Marísson
Personal information
Born (1951-11-20) 20 November 1951
Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Career information
Playing career1967–20??
Coaching career1978–2016
Career history
As player:
1967–1970KFR
1970–1975Valur
1975–1978Njarðvík
1978–1989Tindastóll
1995–2000Smári Varmahlíð
2000–2005Tindastóll
As coach:
19??–198?Tindastóll (men's)
1989Tindastóll (men's)
1992–1996Tindastóll (women's)
2004–2005Tindastóll (men's)
2014–2015Tindastóll (men's, assistant)
2015Tindastóll (men's)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Career coaching record
Úrvalsdeild karla8–20 (.286)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna30–45 (.400)

Early life

Kári grew up in Árbær in Reykjavík where he competed in pole vault and football.[4]

Basketball

Playing career

Kári played his first game in with KFR in 1967. In 1975, he left the club, which by that time was named Valur, and signed with Njarðvík.[5] He left Njarðvík at the conclusion of the 1977–78 season[6] and later joined Tindastóll.[7]

National team career

From 1972 to 1976, Kári played 34 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[3]

Coaching career

Kári was a player-coach with Tindastóll for several seasons until 1988 when the team was promoted to the Úrvalsdeild.[8] After spending the 1988–89 season as just a player, he returned to the player-coach role in July 1989. He was fired from his coaching position in October 1989 after a bad start for the team and subsequently stopped playing.[9][10] He later coached Tindastóll women's team and later the men's team from 2004 to 2005. In October 2015, he temporary took over the team after the firing of Pieti Poikola[11] and until the hiring of José María Costa Gómez.[12]

Football

Kári played 9 games for Íþróttabandalag Akraness in 1973, including 3 in the top-tier league. He appeared in 4 matches in the Icelandic Cup, scoring 2 goals.[13]

Personal life

Kári was married to Katrín Axelsdóttir from 1976 until her death in 1994. He is the father of basketball players Axel Kárason, Arnar Snær Kárason and María Káradóttir and stepfather of former Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year and national team member Kristín Björk Jónsdóttir.[14][15][16][17]

References
  1. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 October 2019). "Kári Marísson heiðraður í hálfleik í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. Guðni Einarsson (16 January 2018). "Körfuboltapabbi á Króknum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. "Leikmaður, þjálfari, liðsstjóri og bílstjóri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 November 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. "Margir bændur komnir á sjötugsaldur og þar yfir en enn að slást við baldna fola". Feykir (in Icelandic). 25 October 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. "Kári í UMFN". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 June 1975. p. 15. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. "Fyrirliðinn flytur í sveitina í vor!". Vísir (in Icelandic). 7 March 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. "Tap og sigur hjá Tindastóli í 1. deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 November 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. "Bandarískur þjálfari til Tindastóls". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 June 1988. p. 55. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. "Kári rekinn á Króknum". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 October 1989. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  10. "Agaleysið mikið í liði Tindastóls". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 20 October 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. "Kári tekur tímabundið við Tindastóli". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  12. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (10 November 2015). "Costa tekur við Tindastóli". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  13. "Kári Marísson - Leikmenn - Knattspyrnufélag ÍA". sagan.kfia.is (in Icelandic). Íþróttabandalag Akraness. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  14. Friðrik Friðriksson (25 July 1980). "Kannaði markaðinn fyrst og setti síðan upp búið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 10–11. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  15. "Minningar - Katrín Axelsdóttir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 July 1994. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  16. Gylfi Kristjánsson (23 August 1988). "Búinn að keyra hátt í 70 þúsund km á æfingar!". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  17. Páll Magnússon (21 July 1979). "Kvaddi landslið og möl til að stunda hænsnarækt í Akrahreppi". Vísir (in Icelandic). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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