Guðmundur Benediktsson

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Guðmundur Benediktsson
Personnel
birthday 3rd September 1974
place of birth Akureyri ,  Iceland
size 170 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
0000-1989 Þór Akureyri
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1990-1991 Þór Akureyri 2 0(0)
1991-1994 Germinal Ekeren 4 0(0)
1994 Þór Akureyri 17 0(4)
1995-1999 KR Reykjavík 75 (32)
1999-2000 KFC Verbroedering Geel 15 0(4)
2000-2004 KR Reykjavík 53 0(7)
2005-2008 Valur Reykjavík 70 (10)
2009 KR Reykjavík 20 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-1991 Iceland U-17 18 (13)
1990 Iceland U-19 4 0(4)
1992-1995 Iceland U-21 11 0(3)
1994-2001 Iceland 10 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2010 UMF Selfoss
2011-2014 Breiðablik Kópavogur (assistant coach)
2014 Breiðablik Kópavogur
2014-2016 KR Reykjavík (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.
Guðmundur

Guðmundur Benediktsson (born September 3, 1974 in Reykjavík ), also called Gummi Ben , is a former Icelandic football player and current coach. He works as a football commentator for the state television channel Ríkisútvarpið .

life and career

Club career

Guðmundur Benediktsson completed his first assignment for Þór Akureyri in 1990 at the age of 16 . This was followed by his debut in the Úrvalsdeild , before he moved to Belgium to Germinal Ekeren at the age of 18 , for whom he played in four league games within three seasons. After his contract expired in 1994 Guðmundur returned to Þór Akureyri and developed under head coach Ásgeir Elíasson to a high performer and national team player. After a successful season, he went to KR Reykjavík in the winter of 1994 , with whom he was runner-up three times ( 1995 , 1996 and 1998 ) and won the Icelandic Football Cup twice (1995 and 1999). He won three Pepsideild championships with KR in 1999 , 2000 and 2002 . He then turned his back on Iceland and went back to Belgium, where he played in 15 Eerste class A games for KFC Verbroedering Geel in the 1999/2000 season. In the summer of 2000 he returned to KR and completed 53 games for the club by November 2004. In 2005 he moved to Valur Reykjavík and won the Icelandic Cup and the 2007 championship. In 2009 he returned to KR Reykjavík for a third time at the end of his career and ended his active career after the season and 20 games for KR.

National team career

He made his senior international debut in the 1994 friendly game between the Icelanders and the United Arab Emirates , where he also scored his first international goal. Guðmundur played his tenth and last international match in January 2001 against Chile.

Coaching career

Half a year after his retirement, Guðmundur Benediktsson became head coach of UMF Selfoss , but was fired after one season. In the 2011 game he took over the position of assistant coach at the side of Ólafur Kristjánsson at Breiðablik Kópavogur , who he replaced as head coach in 2014. After a seventh place in 2014, he was replaced as head coach of Breiðablik by Arnar Grétarsson and went to KR Reykjavík as an assistant coach . In June 2016 he was given leave of absence as an assistant coach of KR Reykjavík due to continued unsuccessfulness.

Television career

In addition to his career as a football coach, Guðmundur acts as an expert and commentator for the state broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið . At RÚV, he comments on football matches and is a commentator on the 2016 European Football Championship . He received international attention because of his enthusiastic reporting.

Personal

Guðmundur is married to the granddaughter of the Icelandic national soccer player Albert Guðmundsson and former soccer player and current coach Helga Kristbjörg Ingadóttir . The couple has a son, Albert Guðmundsson , who is an active football player under contract with PSV Eindhoven .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miriam Richter / with dpa: European Football Championship 2016: Iceland is in the European Championship round of 16 - and a TV commentator is freaking out. In: shz.de. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag , June 23, 2016, accessed on June 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Ecstasy: Iceland's TV reporter "Gummi Ben" becomes a hit
  3. ↑ a b [1]
  4. ↑ Football: Gudmundur Benediktsson
  5. ^ Profile at KSÍ
  6. ↑ [2]
  7. ^ Breidablik's Kristjánsson excited by Nordsjælland - UEFA.com
  8. ↑ Gudmundur Benediktsson - Manager profile | Transfer market
  9. ↑ Cheers from the Icelandic TV commentator "My voice is gone, but it doesn't matter"
  10. ↑ [3]
  11. ↑ Fyrsti leikur Alberts | knattspyrna
  12. ↑ Kristbjörg Helga Ingadóttir
  13. ↑ [4]
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Guðmundur Benediktsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic soccer player, coach and commentator
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík , Iceland