Ingi Björn Albertsson

Icelandic footballer and manager

Ingi Björn Albertsson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-11-03) November 3, 1952 (age 71)
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
*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 was a congressman at the Althing, the Icelandic parliament, first in 1987 - 1991 for Vesturlandskjördæmi for the Citizen's party (split parties midway through the term) and then in 1991-1995 for Reykjavík for the Independence party.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

^ "Ingi Björn Albertsson". Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2022-01-18.
^ "Kemst Atli nær Inga og Tryggva?".
^ "Söguleg frumraun Alberts: Fjórði ættliðurinn sem spilar A-landsleik fyrir Ísland – Vísir".