Introducing Genoa star Gudmundsson, great grandson of Milan and Arsenal player

Albert Gudmundsson has turn out to be the primary ever Icelandic participant to bag a Serie A brace, however he’s already a hero for Genoa and comes from robust soccer inventory.

The midfielder discovered the web twice already between Serie A and the Coppa Italia this season, together with two assists, earlier than bagging a brace within the first half of at the moment’s journey to Udinese.

It’s the first time ever in Serie A {that a} participant from Iceland has scored a couple of aim per recreation.

The 26-year-old joined Genoa in January 2022 from AZ Alkmaar for €1.2m and proved essential of their push for promotion below coach Alberto Gilardino, scoring 11 targets and offering 5 assists in 36 Serie B video games final season.

He’s additionally from a soccer household, as his father is former Verbroederiing Geel and KR Reyjavic participant Gudmundur Benediktsson, now a well-known TV commentator in his homeland.

His mom is former worldwide participant Kristbjorg Ingaddotir.

His uncle is Albert Brynjar Ingason and his grandfather is Ingi Bjorn Albertsson, who from 1987 to 2012 held the file for many targets within the Icelandic high flight.

Going additional again, Albert’s great-grandfather was Albert Gudmundsson, who performed for Milan and Arsenal within the Nineteen Forties, changing into the primary ever skilled soccer participant from Iceland.