Børge Thorup (born 4 October 1943) is a Danish former international football player, who played as a defender. His career spanned from 1962 to 1974 and he both started and ended his career, at a time when the Danish league was amateur-only, with

Brønshøj Boldklub Brønshøj BK, full name Brønshøj Boldklub, is a Danish football club located in the outskirts of Copenhagen. The club was founded 15 May. 1919. History in brief Early years: Brønshøj BK's first decades was spent in local leagues in the C ...

. Between 1966 and 1973 he took his game abroad and played professionally for

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(2 spells), Crystal Palace and

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. Thorup signed for Crystal Palace in March 1969, but having made only one appearance (as a substitute) in December, returned to Morton before the end of the season. Børge Thorup was capped once, in 1965, in a match against

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. Prior to that he played 11 matches for the U21-national team.

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Thorup at holmesdale.net
1943 births Living people Footballers from Copenhagen Men's association football defenders Brønshøj Boldklub players Crystal Palace F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers English Football League players {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub