Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)

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Albert Guðmundsson
Albert with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Albert Guðmundsson[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland[3]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)
Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
Genoa
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2013 KR
2013–2015 Heerenveen
2015–2017 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Jong PSV 63 (28)
2017–2018 PSV 9 (0)
2018–2022 AZ 74 (17)
2019–2020 Jong AZ 4 (1)
2022– Genoa 78 (25)
International career
2013
Iceland U16
3 (0)
2012–2013 Iceland U17 9 (4)
2014–2015 Iceland U19 11 (4)
2015–2018 Iceland U21 15 (6)
2017– Iceland 37 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Albert Guðmundsson (Icelandic pronunciation:

attacking midfielder or forward for Serie A club Genoa and the Iceland national team
.

Club career

Albert initially moved to the Netherlands joining Heerenveen in 2013. For the 2015–16 season, he signed for PSV and made his debut for Jong PSV in 2015.

On 31 January 2022, he joined

Genoa in Italy.[4]

On 17 November 2023, Albert extended his contract with Genoa until 2027.[5]

International career

Albert played at China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals.[6][7][8]

In May 2018 he was named in the

2018 World Cup in Russia.[9]

Personal life

Albert speaking to his girlfriend, following Iceland's exit from the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and TV commentator Guðmundur Benediktsson.[10][11] Albert's mother is former international footballer Kristbjörg Ingadóttir, daughter of former international striker Ingi Björn Albertsson, who held the record for most goals in the Icelandic top division from 1987 until 2012.[12]

The father of Ingi, and thus Albert's great-grandfather, was former

Milan and Arsenal striker and later Minister of Finance Albert Guðmundsson, Iceland's first professional footballer.[13] All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 April 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong PSV 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 14 1 14 1
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 34 18 34 18
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 15 9 15 9
Total 63 28 63 28
PSV Eindhoven 2017–18 Eredivisie 9 0 3 0 12 0
AZ 2018–19 Eredivisie 25 6 2 0 27 6
2019–20 Eredivisie 4 0 4[b] 1 8 1
2020–21 Eredivisie 26 7 1 0 8[c] 4 35 11
2021–22 Eredivisie 19 4 1 0 8 2 28 6
Total 74 17 4 0 20 7 98 24
Jong AZ 2019–20 Eerste Divisie 4 1 4 1
Genoa 2021–22 Serie A 12 1 12 1
2022–23 Serie B 36 11 2 3 38 14
2023–24 Serie A 30 13 2 2 32 15
Total 78 25 4 5 82 30
Total 228 71 11 5 20 7 259 83
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2017 1 0
2018 9 3
2019 1 0
2020 7 0
2021 11 3
2022 4 0
2023 2 0
2024 2 4
Total 37 10
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Albert goal.[17]
List of international goals scored by Albert Guðmundsson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 January 2018 Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia 1–1 4–1 Friendly
2 3–1
3 4–1
4 8 June 2021
Stadion Miejski, Poznań
, Poland
 Poland 1–0 2–2 Friendly
5 11 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein 2–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3–0
7 21 March 2024 Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary  Israel 1–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
8 3–1
9 4–1
10 26 March 2024 Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław, Poland  Ukraine 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Albert Gudmundsson | Iceland | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Albert Gudmundsson Stats". Fox Sports.
  4. Genoa
    . 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Il Club estende accordo con Gudmundsson" [The club extends contract with Gudmundsson] (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Iceland vs. Chile - 15 January 2017 - Soccerway".
  7. ^ "China PR vs. Iceland - 10 January 2017 - Soccerway".
  8. ^ 相镔 (15 January 2017). "Chile beats Iceland to win maiden China Cup". China.org.cn. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. ^ Smith, Jamie (11 May 2018). "Injured Sigurdsson in Iceland's World Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "LOOK, LISTEN: Iceland announcer loses his freaking mind after winning goal at Euro".
  11. ^ Davis, Callum (22 June 2016). "Icelandic commentator completely loses it as late winner sets up England clash - 'never, ever, ever have I felt as good'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Albert Guðmundsson talar um afa sinn á heimasíðu Heerenveen - Vísir". Visir.is. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Skorað meira en langafi, afi og pabbi". RÚV. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Albert Guðmundsson". Soccerway.
  16. ^ "Albert Guðmundsson". EU-Football.info. 23 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Guðmundsson, Albert". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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