| Börje Tapper | |
| Fullname: | Börje Tapper |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Malmö, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Malmö, Sweden |
| Position: | Centre midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | –1939 |
| Youthclubs1: | Håkanstorp |
| Years1: | 1939–1950 |
| Years2: | 1950 |
| Clubs1: | Malmö FF |
| Clubs2: | Genoa |
| Caps1: | 191 |
| Goals1: | 92 |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1945–1948 |
| Nationalteam1: | Sweden[1] |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 7 |
| Manageryears1: | 1956–1957 |
| Managerclubs1: | Lunds BK |
| Totalcaps: | 198 |
| Totalgoals: | 94 |
Börje Tapper (19 May 1922 – 8 April 1981) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF, Genoa, and the Sweden national team. He won four caps for Sweden and was a squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Tapper started his playing career at Håkanstorp before moving on to Malmö FF. He played for the club between 1939 and 1950, when he went to Italy and Genoa. He did not succeed in Italy and when he came home to Sweden, he was not allowed to play in Allsvenskan anymore due to the policy at the time. He is Malmö FF's second best goalscorer ever with 298 goals.
He is the father of Staffan Tapper.[3]
| Sweden | 1945 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1946 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1948 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapper goal.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 September 1945 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 1–1 | 6–1 | Friendly | [5] | ||
| 2 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||||
| 4 | 5–1 | |||||||
| 5 | 6–1 | |||||||
| 6 | 14 September 1947 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | 3–2 | 5–4 | Friendly | [6] | ||
| 7 | 19 September 1948 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [7] |