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Excellent well-illustrated biography of one of the greatest Icelandic players of all-times.
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. 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 Arsenal's second player from outside the British Isles, after Gerard Keyser.
In a match against Racing Club de Paris in 1946 he caught the eye of the French side, who wanted to sign him. Albert was unable to gain a work permit in England, and thus could not turn professional, so he started to look to play elsewhere. In the end he did sign for a French club, but it was Nancy who captured him instead. Albert finished his first season with Nancy as the top scorer and scored two goals in each cup game, which were all won 2–1.
In 1948 Albert signed for AC Milan. He broke his knee in a match against Lazio and appeared to be beyond repair. However the team doctor for Milan's rivals Internazionale wanted to perform a surgery on the knee, a risk that Milan was not willing to agree to. Albert then bought out his contract and had the operation, which was a success.
After recovering he returned to France where he played for several clubs before retiring in 1954.
In 1967 he was awarded the Silver badge of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) for his work in football.
In 1968 he was elected the chairman of KSÍ, a post he held until 1973, he was awarded the Gold badge for his work that same year as he stepped down.
22 x 14 cms, hardback, 166 pages.
1957
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