Börje Tapper (19 May 1922 – 8 April 1981) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF, Genoa, and the Sweden national team. He won four caps for Sweden and was a squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
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Full name | Börje Tapper | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 May 1922 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 April 1981 | (aged 58)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
–1939 | Håkanstorp | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1939–1950 | Malmö FF | 191 | (92) | |||||||||||
1950 | Genoa | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
Total | 198 | (94) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1945–1948 | Sweden[1] | 4 | (7) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1956–1957 | Lunds BK | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editTapper started his playing career at Håkanstorp before moving on to Malmö FF. He played for the club between 1939 and 1950, when he went to Italy and Genoa. He did not succeed in Italy and when he came home to Sweden, he was not allowed to play in Allsvenskan anymore due to the policy at the time. He is Malmö FF's second best goalscorer ever with 298 goals.
Personal life
editHe is the father of Staffan Tapper.[3]
Career statistics
editInternational
editNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1945 | 1 | 5 |
1946 | 1 | 0 | |
1947 | 1 | 1 | |
1948 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 4 | 7 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapper goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 30 September 1945 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–1 | 6–1 | Friendly | [5] |
2 | 3–1 | ||||||
3 | 4–1 | ||||||
4 | 5–1 | ||||||
5 | 6–1 | ||||||
6 | 14 September 1947 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | Poland | 3–2 | 5–4 | Friendly | [6] |
7 | 19 September 1948 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [7] |
References
edit- Malmström, Håkan (2010). 100 MFF:ARE. Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. ISBN 978-91-85319-71-8.
- ^ "Börje Tapper, international footballer".
- ^ "Startsida - IdrottOnline Klubb". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "⭐⭐ Mesta mästarna". xn--mestamstarna-lcb.se. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Börje Tapper - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Finland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Sverige - Polen - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Finland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2021.