Anette Börjesson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lilian Anette Börjesson | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Sweden | ||
| Playing position | Sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tuve IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–91 | Jitex BK | 181 | (52) |
| 1985–87 | GAIS | 52 | (13) |
| Total | 233 | (65) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1975–87 | Sweden | 70 | (12) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC). | |||
Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.
Badminton
Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships.
Football
 Börjesson in Sweden kit (IFFHS) |
She captained Sweden to their win in the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In the final against England, Börjesson struck the first penalty in Sweden's shootout victory.[1] She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals.[2] In 1985 she scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks against France.[3]
Börjesson won the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982.[3]
After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called nya mål.[4]
Börjesson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
References
- ↑ Andreas Nilsson (2009-08-27). "EM för damer 1984". SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ↑ "Fakta och meriter för medlemmarna i SFS Hall of Fame". SFS (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- 1 2 Heidi Silvander (2009-09-03). "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ↑ "Straffdrama när Sverige vann klassiskt guld". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.