Ragnar Nathanaelsson


Ragnar Ágúst Nathanaelsson is an Icelandic basketball player who playes for Haukar of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. He participated at EuroBasket 2015 as a member of the Icelandic national team.

Playing career

Club career

Ragnar started his senior career with Hamar at the age of fifteen and at the age of sixteen he was already 216 cm tall. At the age of nineteen, Ragnar was 218 cm tall and had broken into Hamar's starting lineup.
He played for Þór Þorlákshöfn during the 2013–2014 season where he was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team. He joined Sundsvall Dragons prior the 2014–15 Basketligan season before returning to Þór Þorlákshöfn in 2015. He helped Þór to the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals where it lost to KR. After the 2015–2016 season he was once again named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team.
In 2016, Ragnar had a tryout with the Dallas Mavericks.
On August 25, 2016, Ragnar signed with Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. On January 13, 2017, he left Cáceres and joined Arcos Albacete Basket of the Spanish LEB Plata.
On July 6, 2017, Ragnar signed with Njarðvík. He averaged 7.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game during the regular season, helping Njarðvík to a 5th place finish. He upped his averages to 12.0 points and 10.3 rebounds during the playoffs but was unable to prevent Njarðvík from being swept during its first round series against KR. He left Njarðvík at the end of the season.
On April 28, 2018, Ragnar signed with Valur. In 22 games for Valur, Ragnar averaged 10.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 57.6% from the field. During his second season with the team, he averaged 6.5 points and 5.0 rebounds. In May 2020, he was released by the club following the hiring of Finnur Freyr Stefánsson as head coach.
On 1 June 2020, Ragnar signed with Haukar.

Icelandic national team

Ragnar played 21 games with Iceland's junior national teams from 2010 to 2013.
His first game with the senior national team was in 2013 and he was a member of Iceland's team in Eurobasket 2015. Ragnar was a member Iceland's team in the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2013 and 2015.