Børge Thorup (born 4 October 1943)[1] is a Danish former international football player, who played as a defender.
![]() Børge Thorup in 1965 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1943-10-04) 4 October 1943 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1966 | Brønshøj BK | 86 | (5) |
1966–1969 | Greenock Morton | 24 | (2) |
1969–1970 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
1970–1972 | Greenock Morton | 16 | (2) |
1972–1973 | Clydebank | 2 | (0) |
1973–1974 | Brønshøj BK | 17 | |
National team | |||
1964–1966 | Denmark U21 | 11 | (0) |
1965 | Denmark | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
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