Anette Börjesson

Anette Börjesson

Personal information
Full name	Lilian Anette Börjesson
Date of birth	(1954-11-11) 11 November 1954
Place of birth	Sweden
Position(s)	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)
International career‡
1975–87	Sweden	70	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, 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

External image
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. She won a total of 70 caps between 1975 and 1987, scoring 12 goals. In 1985 she scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks against France.

Börjesson won the Årets Fotbollstjej Award, the forerunner of the Diamantbollen, in 1982.

After her retirement from playing, Börjesson founded a magazine dedicated to women's football, called nya mål.

Börjesson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

References

• European results