Šiauliai’s attacks will be led by an Icelandic who played in the European Championship.

Before coming to Šiauliai, the defender played for the Boras Basket team in the Swedish Premier League (SBL), which was recognized as the championship winner due to a virus cut. During the championship season, E.Fridriksson scored an average of 16.7 points for his team and made 7.7 res. broadcast in 28.1 minutes.

Thanks to a great performance, he was voted SBL Defender of the Year by coaches, team captains, and journalists.

Friedrichsson graduated from Barry University in Florida and played for that university’s basketball team in the NCAA Division II, where he averaged 19.8 points in 32.2 minutes in the final year of study and made 7.1 assists.

Such a game did not go unnoticed by the coaches of the Icelandic national team and the player was invited to represent his country in 2017. European Championship. He played 6 games in the group stage and scored an average of 3 points in 8.7 minutes and made 1.4 assists.

The most successful basketball player had a match against Slovenia, who became the European champion: 9 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds. balls in 17 minutes.

After returning to Europe after his studies, Iceland played for the French second-tier Voltaire Basket Club in France (LNB Pro B) during his short professional career. He later moved to his homeland and represented Reykjavík Njardvik’s team, who became the vice champion, from where he went to Sweden.

“We are pleased to have found the main player. The basketball player has a good view of the field, so it was not for nothing that he ranked first in the Swedish league in terms of average passes. Furthermore, this Icelandic talent has experience in the European Championship, hitting from afar. All these qualities are very suitable for the style of the game that we promote, so we will expect a successful game in Lithuania, and the player himself is very happy to be able to play in the team led by coach Sireika ” said Mindaugas Žukauskas, the club’s sports director.

E.Fridriksson is the seventh newcomer to the team in the offseason and the third legionnaire. The composition was previously supplemented by Americans Ryan Anderson and Seth Leday, Denis Krestinin, Martynas Varnas, Jonas Paukštė and Ernestas Jonkus. Aurimas Urbonas, Justas Furmanavičius, Eimantas Stankevičius, Paulius Danusevičius and Benas Griciūnas have valid contracts.