Börje Tapper

Börje Tapper
Personal information
Full name	Börje Tapper
Date of birth	19 May 1922
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Date of death	8 April 1981 (aged 58)
Place of death	Malmö, Sweden
Position(s)	Centre midfielder
Youth career
–1939	Håkanstorp
Senior career*
Years	Team
1939–1950	Malmö FF
1950	Genoa
Total
International career
1945–1948	Sweden
Managerial career
1956–1957	Lunds BK
Medal record
Representing Sweden
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Börje Tapper (19 May 1922 – 8 April 1981) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF, Genoa, and the Sweden national team. He won four caps for Sweden and was a squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Career

Tapper started his playing career at Håkanstorp before moving on to Malmö FF. He played for the club between 1939 and 1950, when he went to Italy and Genoa. He did not succeed in Italy and when he came home to Sweden, he was not allowed to play in Allsvenskan anymore due to the policy at the time. He is Malmö FF's second best goalscorer ever with 298 goals.

He later coached Lunds BK.^[2]

Personal life

He is the father of Staffan Tapper.^[3]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1945	1	5
	1946	1	0
	1947	1	1
	1948	1	1
Total		4	7

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapper goal.

List of international goals scored by Börje Tapper
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	30 September 1945	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–1	6–1	Friendly	^[5]
2				3–1
3				4–1
4				5–1
5				6–1
6	14 September 1947	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Poland	3–2	5–4	Friendly	^[6]
7	19 September 1948	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–0	2–2	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	^[7]