Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lilian Börjesson | ||
Date of birth | 11 November 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Playing position | Sweeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Tuve IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1978–1991 | Jitex BK | 181 | (52) |
1985–1987 | GAIS | 52 | (13) |
Total | 233 | (65) | |
National team‡ | |||
1975–1985 | Sweden | 70 | (12) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:50, 18 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Lilian Anette Börjesson (born 11 November 1954) is a retired female badminton player and footballer from Sweden.
Börjesson is a five time women's singles champion at the Swedish National Badminton Championships.
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]