Staffan Tapper

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Staffan Tapper
Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-07-10) 10 July 1948
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club	Malmö FF (youth talent coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1968–1979	Malmö FF
National team
1971–1978	Sweden^[1]	36	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Staffan Tapper (born 10 July 1948 in Malmö) is a former footballer from Sweden.

Playing for Malmö FF, his career there was successful, becoming Swedish champion as well as runner-up in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. He represented the Swedish national team at the 1974 and 1978 World Cups as well as on a number of other occasions. However, many remember him for missing a penalty kick against Poland at the 1974 World Cup. For some time Tapper was First Team Coach at Malmö FF, he later resigned from that role to become youth talent coach.^[2]

References

↑ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
↑ "Staffan Tapper slutar som lagledare i MFF". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish).

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Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Krister Kristensson	Malmö FF Captain 1979	Succeeded by Roland Andersson

v t e Sweden squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup

1 Hellström 2 Olsson 3 Karlsson 4 Nordqvist (c) 5 Andersson 6 Grahn 7 B. Larsson 8 Torstensson 9 Kindvall 10 Edström 11 Sandberg 12 S. Larsson 13 Grip 14 Tapper 15 Magnusson 16 Ejderstedt 17 Hagberg 18 Augustsson 19 Cronqvist 20 Lindman 21 Persson 22 Ahlström Coach: Ericson

v t e Sweden squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Hellström 2 Borg 3 Roy Andersson 4 Nordqvist (c) 5 Erlandsson 6 Tapper 7 Linderoth 8 B. Larsson 9 L. Larsson 10 Sjöberg 11 Wendt 12 Hagberg 13 M. Andersson 14 Åhman 15 Nilsson 16 Torstensson 17 Möller 18 Nordin 19 Karlsson 20 Roland Andersson 21 Åslund 22 Edström Coach: Ericson

Persondata
Name	Tapper, Staffan
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish footballers
Date of birth	10 July 1948
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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