Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Date of death | 7 April 1994 | (aged 70)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1938–1944 | Valur | ||
1944 | Rangers | ||
1944–1946 | Arsenal | 2 | (0) |
1947–1948 | Nancy | ||
1948–1949 | AC Milan | 14 | (2) |
1949–1952 | RC Paris | 69 | (31) |
1952–1952 | Nice | 14 | (0) |
1953–1955 | Valur | ||
1956–1958 | ÍBH Hafnarfjörður | ||
International career | |||
1946–1958 | Iceland | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson (5 October 1923 – 7 April 1994) [1] was an Icelandic professional footballer who played for, amongst others, Rangers, Arsenal, Nancy and A.C. Milan. [2] After retiring from his sporting career, he became a politician and was a member of Alþingi for 15 years, serving as Minister of Finance of Iceland and Minister of Industry.
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. [3] 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. [4]
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. [5] In 1983, he became Minister of Finance of Iceland. [6] In 1985, he was appointed Minister of Industry, a position he held until 1987, when a tax scandal forced his resignation. [7]
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. [8]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Date of death | 7 April 1994 | (aged 70)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1938–1944 | Valur | ||
1944 | Rangers | ||
1944–1946 | Arsenal | 2 | (0) |
1947–1948 | Nancy | ||
1948–1949 | AC Milan | 14 | (2) |
1949–1952 | RC Paris | 69 | (31) |
1952–1952 | Nice | 14 | (0) |
1953–1955 | Valur | ||
1956–1958 | ÍBH Hafnarfjörður | ||
International career | |||
1946–1958 | Iceland | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson (5 October 1923 – 7 April 1994) [1] was an Icelandic professional footballer who played for, amongst others, Rangers, Arsenal, Nancy and A.C. Milan. [2] After retiring from his sporting career, he became a politician and was a member of Alþingi for 15 years, serving as Minister of Finance of Iceland and Minister of Industry.
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. [3] 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. [4]
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. [5] In 1983, he became Minister of Finance of Iceland. [6] In 1985, he was appointed Minister of Industry, a position he held until 1987, when a tax scandal forced his resignation. [7]
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. [8]