Albert_Guðmundsson_(footballer,_born_1997)
Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)
Icelandic footballer
Albert Guðmundsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈalpɛr̥t ˈkvʏðmʏntsɔn]; born 15 June 1997) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Serie A club Genoa and the Iceland national team.
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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) |
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*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 | |||
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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]
Albert played at China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals.[6][7][8]
In May 2018 he was named in the Iceland national team’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9]
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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]
Club
- As of match played 15 April 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | ||
- Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 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]
| 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]
| 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 |
- "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.
- UEFA.com. "Albert Gudmundsson | Iceland | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Albert Gudmundsson Stats". Fox Sports.
- "È FATTA PER ALBERT GUDMUNDSSON" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Il Club estende accordo con Gudmundsson" [The club extends contract with Gudmundsson] (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- 相镔 (15 January 2017). "Chile beats Iceland to win maiden China Cup". China.org.cn. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- Smith, Jamie (11 May 2018). "Injured Sigurdsson in Iceland's World Cup squad". Goal. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- 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.
- "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- "Albert Guðmundsson talar um afa sinn á heimasíðu Heerenveen - Vísir". Visir.is. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- "Skorað meira en langafi, afi og pabbi". RÚV. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- "Albert Guðmundsson". Soccerway.
- "Albert Guðmundsson". EU-Football.info. 23 June 2018.
- "Guðmundsson, Albert". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Albert Guðmundsson at WorldFootball.net
- Albert Guðmundsson page at official PSV site
- Albert Guðmundsson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
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