Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Guðmundsson | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | PSV Eindhoven | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | KR | ||
2013–2015 | Heerenveen | ||
2015– | PSV | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | PSV | 0 | (0) |
2015– | Jong PSV | 48 | (19) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Iceland U-16 | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Iceland U19 | 11 | (4) |
2015– | Iceland U21 | 6 | (0) |
2017– | Iceland | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 May 2017 |
Albert Guðmundsson (born 15 June 1997) is an Icelandic professional football player who currently plays as a winger for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. He made his debut for Eerste Divisie side Jong PSV in 2015. In the 2015–16 season, the footballer joined PSV. He used to play for SC Heerenveen from Heerenveen before he moved to Eindhoven.
Personal
Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and (after Euro 2016) world-famous TV commentator[1][2] Guðmundur Benediktsson. 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.[3] 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.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/look-listen-iceland-announcer-loses-his-freaking-mind-after-winning-goal-at-euro/
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/06/22/icelandic-commentary-on-winning-goal-is-simply-brilliant/
- ↑ "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ↑ "Albert Guðmundsson talar um afa sinn á heimasíðu Heerenveen - Vísir". Visir.is. Retrieved 2016-06-29.