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Rune Börjesson (5 April 1937 – 21 February 1996) was a Swedish professional

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who played as a

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. He was the

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and

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while at

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, and later played professionally in

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with

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and

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. A full international between 1958 and 1961, he won 20

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and scored 17 goals for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early career

Rune Börjesson started off his career with Hovås IF, before being signed by

at the age of 14. While at Örgryte, Börjesson formed a successful striker partnership with the prolific striker

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. In 1955, Börjesson was awarded GT's Kristallkulan as the best player in

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. During the 1957–58 Division 2 Västra Götaland season, Börjesson helped Örgryte win promotion to

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for the first time in 19 years by scoring a total of 40 goals. In his first ever Allsvenskan season, Börjesson finished as the

with 21 goals, as Örgryte claimed a respectable fourth position in the 1959 table. The following season Börjesson yet again finished as the league's top scorer with 24 goals, helping his team finish third.

Serie A

Börjesson signed with the Italian

team

after the

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season but was quickly loaned out to

where he spent two seasons, playing in 38 games and scoring 10 goals.

Return to Örgryte

Börjesson returned to Örgryte in

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after his stint in Italy and was reunited with his former striker partner Agne Simonsson, who had returned from a spell in

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with

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and

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. He left Örgryte at the end of the

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season to round up his career with his boyhood club Hovås IF. Börjesson scored a total of 91 goals in 125 Allsvenskan games during his two stints at Örgryte IS. 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.

International career

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

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in a home game against

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on 14 September 1958, in which he also scored his first international goal. He played for Sweden in their unsuccessful 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, but never appeared in a major tournament. He won a total of 20

for Sweden, scoring 17 goals.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year : ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Börjesson goal.''

Honours

Örgryte IS *

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: 1957–58 Individual *

* Kristallkulan: 1955 * Stor Grabb: 1960

References

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