Rutger Backe

Rutger Backe
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-01-14) 14 January 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Falkenberg, Sweden
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– IF Böljan
1972–1981 Halmstads BK 207 (77)
International career
1979–1980 Sweden 8 (2)
Managerial career
1990–1991 Varbergs BoIS
1997 Falkenbergs FF
1999 Harplinge IK
2003–2006 Varbergs BoIS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rutger Backe (born 14 January 1951 in Falkenberg[1]) is a Swedish former football player and coach. He started his career in local club IF Böljan. He joined Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK in 1972, with whom he played until 1981.[2] Backe played 207 matches in the top league, scoring 77 goals. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer with 21 goals, when the club won its first ever Swedish national championship in 1976. Backe played 8 matches with the Sweden national team, scoring two goals. He trained Varbergs BoIS[3] and Falkenbergs FF in the 1990s.[4]

  1. ^ "Rutger Backe".
  2. ^ "Halmstads Bollklubb - Smått och gott". Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Halda Kabil tar över Bois - Fotboll - www.hn.se". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  4. ^ "|| Falkenbergs FF || - Historia". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.