Ingi Björn Albertsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 3, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1980 | Valur | (90) | |
| 1981 | FH | (3) | |
| 1982–1983 | Valur | (18) | |
| 1984–1986 | FH | 33 | (14) |
| 1987–1988 | Valur | 4 | (1) |
| 1988–1990 | UMF Selfoss | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1970 | Iceland U19 | 4 | (3) |
| 1978 | Iceland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1971–1979 | Iceland | 15 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985–1986 | FH | ||
| 1990–1992 | Valur | ||
| 1993–1994 | Breiðablik | ||
| 1995 | Keflavík | ||
| 1995–1996 | FH | ||
| 1997 | Stjarnan | ||
| 1999 | Valur | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2018 | |||
Ingi Björn Albertsson (born 3 November 1952) is an Icelandic retired footballer who played as a striker, and former manager of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. After his playing career, he moved to politics and is currently a congressman at the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. Albertsson was one of the top scorers in Icelandics top division ever with 126 goals, and is currently second in the all-time table, behind Tryggvi Guðmundsson.[1]
Personal life
Albertsson's father Albert Guðmundsson is Iceland's first professional footballer. Albertsson's daughter, Kristbjörg Ingadóttir, was also a footballer and international for Iceland women's national football team. She married the Icelandic international professional footballer Guðmundur Benediktsson, and their son Albert Guðmundsson (named after Albertsson's father) is also a professional footballer and international for the Iceland national football team.[2]
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References
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Nice
- Icelandic footballers
- Icelandic politicians
- Iceland international footballers
- Icelandic football managers
- French footballers
- French people of Icelandic descent
- Association football defenders
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar managers
- Valur players
- Valur managers
- Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík managers
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) managers
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players