Matthías Orri Sigurðarson


Matthías Orri Sigurðarson is an Icelandic basketball player who currently plays for Úrvalsdeild karla club ÍR and the Icelandic men's national basketball team.

Playing career

After starting his career with KR in 2010, Matthías Orri had is breakout season with ÍR in 2013–2014 when he averaged 16.8 points and 6.7 assists. In 2014–2015, he upped his scoring average to 19.2 points while also averaging 5.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds.
After spending the 2015–2016 season with Columbus State University, Matthías resigned with ÍR on May 13, 2016.
In April 2017, Matthías signed a 2-year contract extension with ÍR.
After helping ÍR reach the Úrvalsdeild finals in 2019, where it lost to KR, Matthías was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team.
On 29 May 2019, Matthías signed with KR along with his brother Jakob Sigurðarson.

National team career

Matthías played his first games for the senior national team at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe, helping Iceland win bronze.

Personal life

Matthías is the younger brother of professional basketball player Jakob Sigurðarson.