In recent years, Icelandic football has been an inexhaustible topic in the world public, due to the sensational results of the national team of this small country.
In 2016, Iceland reached the European Championship for the first time, and in half a year they will make their debut at the World Cup.
It was talked about and will be talked about, and now the center of attention is a football player, who hopes to win a place among the travelers to Russia.
We are talking about Albert Guðmundsson, who scored a hat-trick in a friendly match with Indonesia (4:1) and wrote football history, not only in Iceland.
What is it about - national team players and scorers in the Iceland jersey were Albert's father, grandfather and great-grandfather!
Four generations, four national team players - that has never happened in the world of football. And not only that - Albert's mother Kristborg Ingjadotir played soccer in the women's Icelandic national team!
Albert Guðmundsson is 20 years old, a member of PSV, and his father Guðmundur Benediktsson made ten appearances for Iceland, scoring two goals, one of which on his debut in 1994, against the United Arab Emirates.
He is now a famous TV personality and football commentator.
His father - Albert's grandfather - Ingi Björn Albertson wore the jersey of Iceland in the 70s of the last century (15 matches, two goals). He played 21 years in the Icelandic first league and with 126 goals is the top scorer of all time (shares the first place with Trygvi Guðmundsson).
So, three generations are archived.
Albert Guđmundsson's fourth football knee is his great-grandfather - Ingi's father, Guđmundur's grandfather.
His name was Albert and his last name was Guðmundsson, and he was the first professional Icelandic soccer player. He played from 1938 to 1958, in Glasgow Rangers, Arsenal, Milan, Nice... and for Iceland he played six matches and scored two goals.
At the end of his career, he became a politician, deputy, minister of finance, ambassador to France. He passed away in 1994.
From Albert to Albert, from Guðmundsson to Guðmundsson, through Albertson and Benediktsson - maybe it sounds a bit complicated, because of the Icelandic custom around surnames.
Simply put - one family, 72 years of playing in the national team of Iceland, son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather.
The curiosity of world football.
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