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Börje Leander

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Börje Leander
Personal information
Full name Oscar Börje Leander
Date of birth (1918-03-07)7 March 1918
Place of birth Avesta, Sweden
Date of death 30 October 2003(2003-10-30) (aged 85)
Place of death Mora, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1953 AIK 249 (25)
International career
1941–1950 Sweden[1] 23 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oscar Börje Leander (7 March 1918 – 30 October 2003) was a Swedish footballer. He played 249 matches as a midfielder for AIK and scored 25 goals, mostly successful penalty kicks. He also played 23 times for the Sweden national team, scoring four goals. He was on the Sweden squad that won the gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] When Knut Nordahl was injured in the opening match against Austria, Leander stepped in as a substitute right-back, and stayed until the final, when Nordahl recovered.[3][4]

Honours

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Sweden[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Börje Leander". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Börje Leander". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Börje Leander". SOK.se (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
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