Páll Axel Vilbergsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Páll Axel.

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]

Páll Axel Vilbergsson

Páll Axel in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1978-01-04) 4 January 1978 (age 47)
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
Playing
1994–1997	Grindavík
1998	Skallagrímur
1998–1999	Grindavík
1999–2000	Fleron
2000–2012	Grindavík
2012–2015	Skallagrímur
2015–2016	Grindavík
2017–2019	Njarðvík-b
Coaching
2000	Grindavík (Women's)
2017	Grindavík (Women's)
Career highlights
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2004) 6x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2003, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010) 2x Icelandic league champion (1996, 2012) 2x Icelandic Basketball Cup (1995, 2006) 3x Icelandic Super Cup (1996, 1998, 2011)
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points	6,949 (17.1 ppg)
Rebounds	2,471 (6.1 rpg)
Games	407

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]

Icelandic national team

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]

Personal life

Páll Axel is the brother of Ármann Vilbergsson, who played several seasons in Úrvalsdeild karla.^[18][19][20]