Place of birth Reykjavik Years Team 1991-1994 Germinal Ekeren Role Footballer Career start 1990 Position Forward | Playing position 1990-1991 Þor Akureyri Name Guðmundur Benediktsson Height 1.74 m Career end 2009 | |
Date of birth (1974-09-03) 3 September 1974 (age 41) | ||
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Guðmundur Benediktsson nicknamed Gummi Ben (born 3 September 1974) is an Icelandic manager, commentator and former footballer.
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England humiliated by Iceland in Euro 2016
Career
He made his debut for Iceland in 1994 against the United Arab Emirates, and scored in the game. His final game for Iceland came in January 2001 against Chile.
He retired from playing 2009 and he started a career as a football manager.
His son Albert Guðmundsson is currently with PSV Eindhoven and is a full international.
Guðmundur has commentated matches live for Icelandic television and was the commentator for Iceland's matches at UEFA Euro 2016. His enthusiastic commentary earned him international praise. One especially memorable commentary came immediately after full-time of Iceland's 2–1 win over England in the round of 16 (English translation given here):
This is done! This is done! We are never going home! Did you see that? Amazing! I can't believe it! This is a dream. Never wake me from this amazing dream! Live the way you want, England! Iceland is going to play France on Sunday. France Iceland! You can go home. You can go out of Europe. You can go wherever the hell you want. England 1 Iceland 2 is the closing score here in Nice. And the fairytale continues.
