Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Guðmundsson[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 15 June 1997||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland[3] | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Fiorentina (on loan from Genoa) | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2013 | 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 | 83 | (26) |
2024– | → Fiorentina (loan) | 4 | (3) |
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 17:13, 20 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
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 Fiorentina, on loan from Genoa, and the Iceland national team.
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]
On 16 August 2024, he joined Fiorentina on loan from Genoa.[9]
Albert played at the 2017 China Cup, where Iceland finished as runners-up.[10][11][12]
In May 2018, he was named in the national team's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13]
Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and TV commentator Guðmundur Benediktsson.[14][15] 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.[16]
The father of Ingi, and thus Albert's great-grandfather, was former AC Milan and Arsenal striker and later Minister of Finance Albert Guðmundsson, Iceland's first professional footballer.[17] All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.[18]
Albert has two children with his partner, model Guðlaug Elísa Jóhannsdóttir.[19][20]
On 3 July 2024, Albert was charged with sexual assault by the district prosecutor in Iceland.[21] He was later acquitted on 10 October.[22]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 2 | — | 37 | 16 | ||
Total | 83 | 26 | 4 | 5 | — | 87 | 31 | |||
Fiorentina (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Total | 237 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 269 | 87 |
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 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 4 | |
Total | 37 | 10 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
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