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Trygve Bornø

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Trygve Bornø
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-02-02)2 February 1942
Place of birth Harstad, Norway
Date of death 15 November 2024(2024-11-15) (aged 82)
Height Oslo, Norway
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Harstad
1964–1978 Skeid 190 (4)
International career
1964 Norway U21 2 (1)
1965 Norway B 1 (0)
1966–1972 Norway 43 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trygve Bornø (2 February 1942 – 15 November 2024) was a Norwegian footballer and sports administrator. A midfielder, he played for the Skeid and made 43 appearances for the Norway national team.

Playing career

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Bornø's career began in Harstad IL, but he made his name with Skeid where he played 419 matches between 1964 and 1978 (a number which includes all first-team matches, including friendlies). In the Norwegian Premier League, Bornø played 190 matches and scored four goals. He was a member of the Skeid side that became league champions in 1966.

VG awarded him the Player of the Year title in 1969.

He played twice and scored once for Norway U21.[1] Between 1966 and 1972 he was capped 43 times for the Norway national team.[2]

Post-playing career

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After ending his active career Bornø worked as secretary general for the Norwegian Football Association, from 1983 to 1985, and from 1996 to 1999.[3]

Death

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Bornø died on 15 November 2024, at the age of 82.[4]

Honours

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Skeid

References

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  1. ^ Trygve Bornø at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Norway - Record International Players - RSSSF
  3. ^ "Norges Fotballforbund". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik, ed. (17 November 2024). "Trygve Bornø". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Secretary general of the Norwegian Football Association
1983–1985
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary general of the Norwegian Football Association
1996–1999
Succeeded by