Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa
Personal information
Full name	Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa
Date of birth	11 May 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	Iceland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2003	Þróttur R.
2004–2005	Fylkir
2006–2010	KR
2011	Víkingur R.
2012	→ Fylkir (Loan)
2013	Valur
2014	Fram
2015–2017	Þróttur R.
2019-	KV
National team‡
2003–2009	Iceland
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 March 2010

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 11 May 1980) is an Icelandic former football forward.

Club career[]

His football career started at Þróttur, where he made 37 league appearances. From Þróttur he was signed by Fylkir and played two seasons there. He was signed to KR from Fylkir in October 2005 after having enjoyed a spell there from 2003. Takefusa moved from KR to Viking in October 2010. The most significant goal he ever scored was in a KR victory against AE Larissa in the UEFA Europa League 2009-2010 second qualifying round. This goal sealed a 2–0 victory and a tie against FC Basel in the next qualifying round. He was goal king in 2009.

International career[]

Takefusa played three times for the Icelandic national team, against Mexico 2003, Georgia and Iran in 2009.^[1]

Personal life[]

Takefusa's mother is gay, daughter of Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson and American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, and adoptive daughter of Björgólfur Guðmundsson. His father is Kenichi Takefusa, noted in Iceland for teaching karate and founding the company , which imported Japanese musical instruments and later became a record label; Kenichi left his family and returned to Japan when his son Björgólfur was four years old.^[2] Björgólfur's parents divorced when he was five.^[3] Takefusa's half-sister is the former TV presenter .

References[]

^ Landsleikir Björgólfs - KSI.is Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ 'Björgólfi hafnað af föður sínum', Vísir, 2 April 2013, http://www.visir.is/bjorgolfi-hafnad-af-fodur-sinum/article/2013130409897.
^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson, 'Gæti ekki lifað einn dag án þess að spila fótbolta', Morgunblaðið, 30 June 2003, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/739241/.

External links[]

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Landsleikir Björgólfs - KSI.is Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[2] 'Björgólfi hafnað af föður sínum', Vísir, 2 April 2013, http://www.visir.is/bjorgolfi-hafnad-af-fodur-sinum/article/2013130409897.

[3] Guðmundur Hilmarsson, 'Gæti ekki lifað einn dag án þess að spila fótbolta', Morgunblaðið, 30 June 2003, http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/739241/.

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