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Børge Thorup

Børge Thorup

Danish footballer (born 1943)

Børge Thorup (born 4 October 1943)[1] is a Danish former international football player, who played as a defender.

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His career spanned from 1962 to 1974 and he both started and ended his career, at a time when the Danish league was amateur-only, with Brønshøj Boldklub.[2] Between 1966 and 1973 he took his game abroad and played professionally for Morton (2 spells), Crystal Palace[3] and Clydebank.[4]

Thorup signed for Crystal Palace in March 1969,[1] but having made only one appearance (as a substitute) in December,[5] returned to Morton before the end of the season.[1]

Børge Thorup was capped once, in 1965, in a match against Greece.[6] Prior to that he played 11 matches for the U21-national team.

References

  1. [1]
    Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 342. ISBN 0907969542.
  2. [2]
    "Børge Thorup". Bronshojboldklub-statistik.dk. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Season 1969-70 Complete (England 1. Division)". Bigsoccer.com. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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    "Börge Thorup". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. [5]
    Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 232–3. ISBN 0907969542.
  6. [6]
    "Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information". Dbu.dk. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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