Albert Guðmundsson

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. On 16 August 2024, he joined Fiorentina on loan from Genoa. On 24 June 2025, Fiorentina made the move permanent. On 1 September 2026, Guðmundsson joined Lazio on loan from Fiorentina.

Albert played at the 2017 China Cup, where Iceland finished as runners-up. In May 2018, he was named in the national team's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Club

As of match played 7 September 2026

International

As of match played 9 June 2026

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

Albert played football from a young age with local club Valur. In 1944, he made his way to Scotland to study business at Skerry's College, Glasgow. He began his foreign footballing career with Rangers. After a short stint there, he went to England where he played for Arsenal as an amateur; he played several friendly matches and two First Division matches in October 1946. He was only Arsenal's second foreign player.

In 1974, he was elected to the Alþingi (the Icelandic parliament), representing Reykjavík. He ran for president in 1980 election but only finished third and lost to Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. In 1983, he became Minister of Finance of Iceland. In 1985, he was appointed Minister of Industry, a position he held until 1987, when a tax scandal forced his resignation. Feeling that the Independence Party's leadership had failed to support him, he left the party soon after his resignation and only a few weeks before a general election. He then immediately founded the Citizens' Party and sat in parliament for them for two years before being appointed ambassador to France.

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 Helga 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 AC 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. Albert has two children with his partner, model Guðlaug Elísa Jóhannsdóttir. On 3 July 2024, Albert was charged with sexual assault by the district prosecutor in Iceland. He was later acquitted on 10 October.

Albert's son is former international striker and former politician Ingi Björn Albertsson, who held the record for most goals in the Icelandic top division from 1987 until 2012. Ingi's daughter and Albert's granddaughter is former international footballer Kristbjörg Ingadóttir. Kristbjörg's son, and Albert's great-grandson, is footballer Albert Guðmundsson. All four generations have scored for the Icelandic national team.