Guðmundur Benediktsson

Icelandic footballer and sportscaster

Guðmundur Benediktsson (born 3 September 1974) is a Icelandic sports commentator, TV personality and former footballer.

Quotes edit

  • You can go home. You can go out of Europe. You can go wherever the hell you want.
    • Original Icelandic quote: Þið getið farið heim. Þið getið farið úr Evrópu. Þið getið farið bara hvert sem þið viljið.[1]
    • A reference to Brexit following Iceland's 2-1 win against England in the last-16 of the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship on 27 June 2016.[2][3][4]

References edit

  1. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (2 July 2016). "Verð að vera ég sjálfur" (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið: p. 22. Retrieved on 4 July 2020. 
  2. Ed Aarons (27 June 2016). "‘You can go out of Europe’: Iceland commentator savours win over England". The Guardian. Retrieved on 4 July 2020. 
  3. "England Has Left Europe Twice in a Week and That Icelandic Commentator Is Ecstatic". Time. 27 June 2016. Retrieved on 4 July 2020. 
  4. Mark Critchley (28 June 2016). "England vs Iceland: Icelandic commentator goes wild again after historic Euro 2016 win". The Independent. Retrieved on 4 July 2020. 

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