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Icelandic footballer
Albert Guðmundsson
(
Icelandic pronunciation:
[?alp?r?t
?kv?ðm?nts?n]
; 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
.
Club career
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Albert initially moved to the Netherlands joining
Heerenveen
in 2013. For the 2015?16 season, he signed for
PSV
,
[4]
and made his debut for
Jong PSV
in 2015. In August 2018, he signed with
AZ
until 2022.
[5]
On 31 January 2022, he joined
Genoa
in Italy.
[6]
On 17 November 2023, Albert extended his contract with Genoa until 2027.
[7]
In the
2023?24 season
, he set a new personal best in Serie A by scoring 14 goals in 35 matches.
[8]
International career
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Albert played at
China Cup 2017
, where
Iceland
won silver medals.
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[10]
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In May 2018 he was named in the
Iceland national team
’s 23-man squad for the
2018 World Cup
in Russia.
[12]
Personal life
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Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and TV commentator
Guðmundur Benediktsson
.
[13]
[14]
Albert's mother is former international footballer
Kristbjorg Ingadottir
, daughter of former international striker
Ingi Bjorn Albertsson
, who held the record for most goals in the Icelandic top division from 1987 until 2012.
[15]
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.
[16]
All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.
[17]
Career statistics
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Club
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- As of match played 24 May 2024
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International
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- As of match played 26 March 2024
[19]
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
.
[20]
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
,
Pozna?
, Poland
|
Poland
|
1?0
|
2?2
|
Friendly
|
5
|
11 October 2021
|
Laugardalsvollur
,
Reykjavik
, 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
|
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