Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)

Albert Guðmundsson
	Albert with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Albert Guðmundsson
Date of birth	15 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
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
2015–2018	Jong PSV
2017–2018	PSV
2018–2022	AZ
2019–2020	Jong AZ
2022–	Genoa
2024–	→ Fiorentina (loan)
International career‡
2013	Iceland U16
2012–2013	Iceland U17
2014–2015	Iceland U19
2015–2018	Iceland U21
2017–	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:01, 29 December 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.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 December 2024^[23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	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	8	3	1	0	3	1	12	4
Total			241	75	12	5	23	8	276	88

^ 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^[24]

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.^[25]

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, 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	11 October 2021	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Liechtenstein	3–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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