Jan Börje Möller (born 17 September 1953) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. Starting off his career with

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

, he went on to represent also

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Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

, and

Trelleborgs FF Trelleborgs Fotbollsförening, more commonly known as Trelleborgs FF or simply Trelleborg, is a Swedish football club located in Trelleborg. Formed 6 December 1926, the club plays in Superettan, the second tier in the Swedish football league s ...

during a career that spanned between 1971 and 1993. A full international between 1979 and 1988, he won 17

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the

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. In 1979, he was awarded

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as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

Club career

Möller had a successful 16-year career for

during the 1970s and 1980s (two different spells), appearing in the

1978–79 European Cup The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two- ...

final against

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, a 0–1 loss in

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. He also played for

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of Canada (following his former manager at Malmö,

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, to both clubs), and

, retiring professionally at the age of 40; in 1979, he was awarded the ''

''.

International career

Möller was a Sweden international on 17 occasions, and was on squad for the

in Argentina, as a backup, along with Göran Hagberg, to Ronnie Hellström.

Honours

Malmö FF *

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 * Swedish Champion: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988 * Swedish Cup: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986 Individual *

: 1979

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Toronto Blizzard stats
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moller, Jan 1953 births Living people Footballers from Malmö Swedish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players Helsingborgs IF players Trelleborgs FF players Bristol City F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players Sweden men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England English Football League players 20th-century Swedish sportsmen