Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 11 May 1980) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward. He formerly represented the Iceland national team, making three appearances in 2003 and 2009.

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa
Personal information
Full name Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa
Date of birth (1980-05-11) 11 May 1980
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Þróttur 60 (24)
2004–2005 Fylkir 28 (13)
2006–2010 KR 88 (51)
2011–2012 Víkingur 14 (7)
2012 → Fylkir (Loan) 17 (3)
2013 Valur 7 (0)
2014 Fram 8 (0)
2014 → Þróttur 9 (3)
2015 Þróttur 0 (0)
2018 Ármann 0 (0)
2019–2020 KV 8 (4)
2020 SR 0 (0)
International career‡
2003–2009 Iceland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2010

Early life

Takefusa's mother is daughter of Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson and American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell, and adoptive daughter of Björgólfur Guðmundsson.[1] His father is Kenichi Takefusa, noted in Iceland for teaching karate and founding the company JapÍs, which imported Japanese musical instruments and later became a record label. When Björgólfur was four years old, Kenichi left his family and returned to Japan.[2] Björgólfur's parents divorced when he was five.[3]

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 became a league's top scorer in 2009.

Takefusa played three times for the Icelandic national team, against Mexico 2003, Georgia and Iran in 2009.[4]

Personal life

Takefusa's half-sister is the former TV presenter Dóra Takefusa.

References
  1. 'Ástarævintýrið allt í ævisögu Rockwell', Dagblaðið Vísir - 279. tölublað, 6 December 2013, https://timarit.is/page/5541077?iabr=on#page/n13/mode/2up.
  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/.
  4. Landsleikir Björgólfs - KSI.is Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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