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Björgólfur Takefusa
Björgólfur () may refer to: *Björgólfur Guðmundsson (1941–2025), Icelandic banker, shipping industry and football executive * Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 1980), Icelandic football forward of Japanese descent *Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson Björgólfur () may refer to: *Björgólfur Guðmundsson (1941–2025), Icelandic banker, shipping industry and football executive *Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 1980), Icelandic football forward of Japanese descent *Björgólfur Thor Björg ... (born 1967), Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorgolfur Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Björgólfur Guðmundsson
Björgólfur Guðmundsson (2 January 1941 – 2 February 2025) was an Icelandic businessman and chairman and owner of West Ham United. Björgólfur was Iceland's second businessman to be worth more than a billion dollars — his son, Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson being the first. He was at one time the majority owner and chairman of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki, the second largest company in Iceland (subsequently nationalised). He was ranked by ''Forbes'' magazine in March 2008 as the 1014th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $1.1 billion. In December of the same year Forbes revalued his net worth to $0, and on 31 July 2009 he was declared bankrupt by the Icelandic courts with debts of almost £500 million (96 billion ISK). Björgólfur was described in an article written by Jamie Jackson of The Guardian as "a former footballer, furniture packer and law student, a recovering alcoholic of 30 years and an old-fashioned philanthropist". In the 1990s he ...
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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. Early life Björgólfur was born 11 May 1980. 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. Björgólfur's parents divorced when he was five. 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. Björgólfur moved from KR to Viking in October 2010. The most significant goal he ever scored was in a KR victory against AEL in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League ...
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Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson
Björgólfur () may refer to: *Björgólfur Guðmundsson (1941–2025), Icelandic banker, shipping industry and football executive *Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 1980), Icelandic football forward of Japanese descent *Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson (born 1967), Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorgolfur Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Icelandic Masculine Given Names
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also

* Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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