Pavel Ermolinskij

Pavel Ermolinskij (born 25 January 1987) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player of Russian descent,[1] a member of the Icelandic national team.[2] He played in the Spanish Liga ACB for several seasons, winning the Spanish King's Cup in 2005. As a player, won the Icelandic championship eight times, seven times with KR, in 2011 and 2014 to 2019,[3] and in 2022 with Valur. In 2023, he guided Tindastóll to their first Icelandic championship in his first year as a head coach.[4]

Pavel Ermolinskij
Pavel Ermolinskij with KR in February 2015.
Tindastóll
PositionHead coach
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1987-01-25) 25 January 1987
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityIcelandic
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
Playing career1998–2022
PositionPoint guard
Career history
As player:
1998ÍA
2001–2002Skallagrímur
2002–2003ÍR
2003–2004JA Vichy
2004–2005Unicaja Málaga
2005–2007CB Axarquia
2007–2008CB Ciudad de Huelva
2008–2009UB La Palma
2009–2010Cáceres 2016 Basket
2010→ KR
2010–2011KR
2011–2012Sundsvall Dragons
2012–2013Norrköping Dolphins
2013–2019KR
2019–2022Valur
As coach:
2021–2022Valur (assistant)
2023–presentTindastóll
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

As assistant coach:

Early life

Pavel was born in Moscow in the Soviet Union[5] to Soviet national basketball team player Alexander Ermolinskij.[1][6] The family moved to Hungary in his youth, where his father played professionally and in 1992, when he was five, they emigrated to Iceland when his father signed with Skallagrímur in Borgarnes.[7]

Playing career

Club career

Pavel first appeared in a Úrvalsdeild karla game on 6 March 1998, at the age of only 11, when his father and head coach of Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA, Alexander Ermolinskij, selected him for the 10-man squad against Njarðvík. At the time there were no rules regarding minimum age of players in the league.[8]

His next taste of the senior team was with Skallagrímur during the 2001–02 season[9] when he appeared in 15 games, averaging 1.8 points per game.[10]

During the 2014-2015 season, Pavel averaged a triple-double in the Úrvalsdeild with 13.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game in 15 regular season games.[11][12]

Pavel led the Úrvalsdeild karla in assists during the 2017-2018 season.[13] On April 28, 2018, he won his sixth Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[14] It was the eighteenth straight playoffs series he won in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs.[15] After sitting out the first three games of the 2018–2019 season, Pavel resumed training with KR in end of October.[16] On 4 May 2019 he won his 7th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–2.[17]

On 13 August 2019, Pavel signed a 2-year contract with KR's Reykjavík rivals Valur.[18] He started the season strong, with big fourth quarter performances in victories against Fjölnir and Þór Þorlákshöfn.[19] On 25 October, he scored the game winning three pointer with 5 seconds left in an overtime victory against Tindastóll.[20] On 5 January 2020, Pavel was 1 assist shy of the Úrvalsdeild record when he handed out 17 assists in a victory against Fjölnir.[21]

On 6 May 2022, he played his 100th Úrvalsdeild playoffs game when Valur defeated Tindastóll in game one of the 2022 Úrvalsdeild finals.[3] On 18 May 2022, he won his eight national championship after Valur defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[4]

On 22 August 2022, Pavel announced he would not return to Valur[22] and in October, he announced his retirement from playing.[23]

National team career

Pavel has played with the Icelandic national basketball team since 2004 and participated in EuroBasket 2015[24] and EuroBasket 2017.[25][26]

Coaching career

Pavel served as an assistant coach for Valur during the 2021–22 season.

On 14 January 2023, he was hired as the head coach of Tindastóll, replacing Vladimir Anzulović.[27] On 18 May 2023, he guided Tindastóll to its first ever national championship.[28][29] In June, he signed a 2-year contract extension with Tindastóll.[30]

Honours

Club

Individual

Club

Head coach

Assistant coach

References
  1. Haukur Harðarson (14 August 2015). "Lít á mig sem Íslending frekar en Rússa". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. Guðbjartsson, Steinþór (May 7, 2016). "Pavel gefur alltaf gullin sín". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (6 May 2022). "Pavel leikur hundraðasta leikinn sinn í úrslitakeppni í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (19 May 2023). "Níu titlar Pavels". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. Orri Páll Ormarsson (27 May 2023). "Mun ekki draga menn lengi á svari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  6. Sólrún Lilja Ragnarsdóttir (15 May 2015). "Ég var týndur í lífinu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). pp. 32–34. Retrieved 20 May 2023 – via Tímarit.is.open access
  7. Benedikt Guðmundsson (18 January 2001). "Einstakur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. "Yngsti leikmaðurinn 11 ára". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. "Skallagrímur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 October 2001. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  10. "Epson-deildin - Skallagrímur". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. "Pavel endar með þrennu að meðaltali". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 6 March 2015. p. 34. Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via Tímarit.is.open access
  12. Kristján Jónsson (24 February 2015). "Reif Pavel vöðva?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  13. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (9 March 2018). "Lewis stigakóngur Domino's deildarinnar". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  14. Kristján Jónsson (28 April 2018). "KR meistari fimmta árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  15. "Pavel ekki tapað einvígi í úrslitakeppninni í átta ár". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  16. Davíð Eldur (25 October 2018). "Pavel með KR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  17. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (4 May 2019). "Umfjöllun: KR - ÍR 98-70 - KR Íslandsmeistari sjötta árið í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  18. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (13 August 2019). "Pavel: Var orðinn of rólegur og sáttur í KR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  19. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (12 October 2019). "Körfuboltakvöld: Eins gott að Valsliðið hlusti á Pavel". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  20. Anton Ingi Leifsson (25 October 2019). "Sigurkarfa Pavels sem sökkti Stólunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  21. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (6 January 2020). "Pavel náði ekki metinu en jafnaði aftur við þá Jón Kr. Gíslason og Pál Kolbeins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  22. Atli Arason (22 August 2022). "Pavel yfirgefur Íslandsmeistarana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  23. Valur Páll Eiríksson (5 October 2022). "Pavel hættur: „Hef átt nokkur rifrildi við körfuboltann í gegnum tíðina"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  24. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 September 2015). "Pavel: Við unnum ekkert lottó til að vera hérna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  25. Anton Ingi Leifsson (3 September 2017). "Pavel: Aldrei hægt að ásaka þetta lið um vilja- og baráttuleysi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  26. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (30 August 2017). "Pavel: Verður geggjað að labba inná völlinn og sjá allt fólkið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  27. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (14 January 2023). "Pavel nýr þjálfari Tindastóls". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  28. Aron Elvar Finnsson (19 May 2023). "Þetta er virkileg gleði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  29. Smári Jökull Jónsson (18 May 2023). "Pavel: Vildi fá að vera farþegi í þessu sem er að eiga sér stað núna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  30. "Pavel áfram á Sauðárkróki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  31. "Saga bikarúrslita KKÍ". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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