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Rune Börjesson
Harry Bild and Börjesson in 1959
Personal information
Full name Rune Börjesson
Date of birth (1937-04-05)5 April 1937
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death 21 February 1996(1996-02-21) (aged 58)
Place of death Gothenburg, Sweden
Position Forward
Youth career
–1951 Hovås IF
1951–1954 Örgryte IS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1961 Örgryte IS
1961–1963 Juventus 0 (0)
1961–1963 → Palermo (loan) 38 (10)
1963–1967 Örgryte IS
1968–? Hovås IF
International career
1955–1957 Sweden U21 3 (0)
1955–1958 Sweden B 2 (2)
1958–1961 Sweden 20 (17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
The Sweden men's national football team in 1961 with this players – from the left, standing: Bengt "Fölet" Berndtsson, Torbjörn Jonsson, Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, Agne Simonsson, Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; crouched: Olle "Lill-Lappen" Hellström, Orvar Bergmark, Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm, Lennart Wing and Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg.

Rune Börjesson (5 April 1937 – 21 February 1996) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer in 1959 and 1960 while at Örgryte IS, and later played professionally in Serie A with Juventus and Palermo. A full international between 1958 and 1961, he won 20 caps and scored 17 goals for the Sweden national team.

Club career

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Early career

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Rune Börjesson started off his career with Hovås IF, before being signed by Örgryte IS at the age of 14.[1] While at Örgryte, Börjesson formed a successful striker partnership with the prolific striker Agne Simonsson.[1] In 1955, Börjesson was awarded GT's Kristallkulan as the best player in West Sweden.[2]

During the 1957–58 Division 2 Västra Götaland season, Börjesson helped Örgryte win promotion to Allsvenskan for the first time in 19 years by scoring a total of 40 goals.[1] In his first ever Allsvenskan season, Börjesson finished as the Allsvenskan top scorer with 21 goals, as Örgryte claimed a respectable fourth position in the 1959 table.[3] The following season Börjesson yet again finished as the league's top scorer with 24 goals, helping his team finish third.[4]

Serie A

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Börjesson signed with the Italian Serie A team Juventus after the 1961 Allsvenskan season but was quickly loaned out to Palermo where he spent two seasons, playing in 38 games and scoring 10 goals.[1][5]

Return to Örgryte

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Börjesson returned to Örgryte in 1963 after his stint in Italy and was reunited with his former striker partner Agne Simonsson, who had returned from a spell in La Liga with Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.[1] He left Örgryte at the end of the 1967 Allsvenskan season to round up his career with his boyhood club Hovås IF.[1]

Börjesson scored a total of 91 goals in 125 Allsvenskan games during his two stints at Örgryte IS.[1] In all divisions for Örgryte, he scored a total of 202 league goals, which puts him second behind Agne Simonsson for most league goals of all time for Örgryte.[6]

International career

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Börjesson started his international career with the Sweden U21 team, representing them in three games.[7] Prior to making his senior debut, he also represented the Sweden B team twice, scoring two goals.[7]

Börjesson eventually made his international senior debut for Sweden in a home game against Norway on 14 September 1958, in which he also scored his first international goal.[1] He played for Sweden in their unsuccessful 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, but never appeared in a major tournament.[7] He won a total of 20 caps for Sweden, scoring 17 goals.[8]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]

National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1958 2 2
1959 6 5
1960 6 6
1961 6 4
Total 20 17
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Börjesson goal.
List of international goals scored by Rune Börjesson[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 14 September 1958 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–0 2–0 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship [9]
2 26 October 1958 Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden  Denmark 2–1 4–4 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship [10]
3 2 August 1959 Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden  Finland 2–1 3–1 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship [11]
4 18 October 1959 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Norway 3–0 6–2 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship [12]
5 4–0
6 5–1
7 11 November 1959 Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–3 Friendly [13]
8 18 May 1960 Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden  Republic of Ireland 4–1 4–1 Friendly [14]
9 22 June 1960 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 3–0 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship [15]
10 2–0
11 18 September 1960 Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–2 1–3 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship [16]
12 19 October 1960 Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden  Belgium 1–0 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification [17]
13 23 October 1960 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Denmark 1–0 2–0 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship [18]
14 28 May 1961 Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden   Switzerland 2–0 4–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification [19]
15 4–0
16 18 June 1961 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 2–1 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship [20]
17 2–0

Honours

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Örgryte IS

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "LISTA: Här är alla vinnare av Kristallkulan". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 26 November 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Allsvenskan i Fotboll 1959". www.fotbollsweden.se. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Allsvenskan i Fotboll 1960". www.fotbollsweden.se. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Swedish Players and Coaches in Italy since 1945". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Flest seriemål". fotboll.ois.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Rune Börjesson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2017". Svensk Fotboll.
  9. ^ "Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Sverige - Danmark - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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  13. ^ "Irland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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  16. ^ "Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Sverige - Belgien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Sverige - Danmark - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Sverige - Schweiz - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 February 2021.