Arne Børresen (29 December 1907 – 14 December 1947) was a Norwegian international

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. On club level he played for

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and Kvik Halden. He was capped 25 times for

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and scored one goal.

Club career

Børresen was born in

, and as a kid he played for the local team ''Kvik''. He joined

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youth department in 1924, and in 1927 he made a breakthrough in the first team, alongside

Sten Moe Sten Moe (20 March 1906 – 27 May 1975) was a Norwegian footballer. He played in six matches for the Norway national football team The Norway national football team ( no, Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally ''Landslaget'') re ...

and Karl Pedersen. The three youngsters was all contributors to Fredrikstad's success in the 1930s. In

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, Fredrikstad won their first

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with Børresen scoring the first goal in the 6–1 win against Ørn in the final. Fredrikstad's next cup victory came in

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, and Børresen scored the match-winning goal against

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in the semi-final as well as one goal in the 4–0 win against the local rivals

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in the final. He won the cup for the last time in

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, before he was injured in 1937. After the war, Børresen played for Kvik Halden until his death in 1947.

International career

Børresen made his debut for

against

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on 23 September 1928. This was also the match where his teammates Sten Moe and Karl Pedersen made their national team debut. The highlight of Børresen's national team career came in the Nordic Championship match against

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in 1932, when Norway won 4-1 and won the trophy, and Børresen was named man of the match. He featured regularly in the national team matches in 1933 and 1934, but was not elected for the squad to play at Berlin Olympics. His last national team match was the 2–0 win against

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on 15 September 1937. As this was his 25th cap, he was awarded the Gold Watch and was the first Fredrikstad-player to reach this feat.

Personal life and death

Børresen moved to

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in 1934 to work at ''Fresko skofabrikk''. He died from

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in December 1947, before he turned 40. Three months earlier he had even played a match against SK Brann.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borresen, Arne 1907 births 1947 deaths Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Fredrikstad FK players Kvik Halden FK players Men's association football forwards Deaths from pneumonia in Norway