Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1997)

Albert Guðmundsson (born 15 June 1997) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for club 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, and made his debut for Jong PSV in 2015. In August 2018, he signed with AZ until 2022.

On 31 January 2022, he joined Genoa in Italy. On 17 November 2023, Albert extended his contract with Genoa until 2027. In the 2023–24 season, he set a new personal best in Serie A by scoring 14 goals in 35 matches.

International career
Albert played at China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals. In May 2018 he was named in the Iceland national team’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Personal life
Albert is from a family of footballers. His father is former international striker and TV commentator Guðmundur Benediktsson. 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.

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. All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.

International

 * Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Albert goal.