Rutger Backe (born 14 January 1951 in

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) is a Swedish former

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player and coach. He started his career in local club IF Böljan. He joined

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club

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in 1972, with whom he played until 1981. Backe played 207 matches in the top league, scoring 77 goals. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with 21 goals, when the club won its first ever Swedish national championship in 1976. Backe played 8 matches with the Sweden national team, scoring two goals. He trained

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and

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in the 1990s.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Backe, Rutger 1951 births Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Halmstads BK players Living people Swedish football managers Falkenbergs FF managers Footballers from Falkenberg Men's association football forwards 20th-century Swedish sportsmen