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7 unusual facts about Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja


Ákos Buzsáky

At this time under manager Henk ten Cate, MTK began to give youngsters opportunities to play in the first team, and among those given the chance to impress was Buzsáky,making his Champions League debut in the second round with a 5-1 (on aggregate) against ÍBV.

Ana María Escribano

Ana María "Ani" Escribano López (born 2 December 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays for ÍBV in Iceland's Úrvalsdeild.

Gary Rogers

Two years later Pats again played 3 rounds in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League where he kept clean sheets against Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja and FC Shakhter Karagandy.

Kelvin Mellor

After several further loan spells away from Crewe at Leek Town and Iclandic team ÍBV, Mellor broke in to the first team at Crewe towards the end of the 2011–12 season.

Paul Crowley

He played for the club during their European adventure, as they beat ÍBV from Iceland and Shakhter Karagandy from Kazakhstan, before losing to Karpaty Lviv of the Ukraine, 5-1 on aggregate in the Third Qualifying Round.

Pauline Hamill

After switching to Kilmarnock Ladies, Hamill spent the 2001 summer season in Iceland with IBV and scored 16 goals in the Úrvalsdeild.

Samantha Britton

In summer 2000 Britton played for IBV in Iceland, finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 12 goals in 14 games.


Abel Dhaira

Dhaira has played club football in Uganda, the Congo and Iceland for Express, URA, AS Vita and ÍBV.

Alexandre Cerdeira

Alexandre da Silva A Cerdeira or simply Alex Cerdeira (born 14 April 1980 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian (Portuguese citizenship) midfielder/striker, who has played in some clubs in Europe, like Apollon Kalamarias, Dundee F.C., Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja, Botev Plovdiv, and had the last contract ended in 2012 with Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva, Brazil.

Birkir Kristinsson

He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter finals.

Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson

Valdimarsson was born and raised in the small town of Vestmannaeyjar, and got his debut for Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) in 2007 and played 12 games for the team in the 1. deild karla.


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