Albert Guðmundsson (born 15 June 1997) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie B club Genoa.
![]() Albert with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Guðmundsson[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland[2] | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club 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 | 12 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
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 | 33 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:27, 29 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022 |
Albert initially moved to the Netherlands joining SC 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.[3]
Albert played at China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals.[4][5][6]
In May 2018 he was named in the Iceland national team’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[7]
Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and TV commentator Guðmundur Benediktsson.[8][9] Albert's mother is former international 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.[10]
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.[11] All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.[12]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Iceland | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 9 | 3 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 11 | 3 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 6 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 January 2018 | Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() | 1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
2 | 3–1 | |||||
3 | 4–1 | |||||
4 | 8 June 2021 | Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
5 | 11 October 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 3–0 |
Genoa C.F.C. – current squad | |
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Iceland squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||
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