Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson
	Berndtsson during the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	26 January 1933
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death	4 June 2015 (aged 82)
Place of death	Gothenburg, Sweden
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Hisingstads IS
	Lundby IF
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1968	IFK Göteborg
National team
1956–1964	Sweden
Honours
Men's Football
Representing Sweden
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

The Sweden national football team in 1961 with this players – from the left, standing: Bengt "Fölet" Berndtsson, Torbjörn Jonsson, Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, Agne Simonsson, Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; crouched: Olle "Lappen" Hellström, Orvar Bergmark, Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm, Lennart Wing and Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg.

Bengt Berndtsson (26 January 1933 – 4 June 2015) was a Swedish football winger. Born in Gothenburg, he was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).

After starting his career playing for two local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1951 and won a Swedish Championship with the club. He played 599 matches for IFK during his 17 seasons there, a club record that would stand for 30 years, before being beaten by Mikael Nilsson.

Berndtsson played for the Sweden national football team, and was a member of the squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Bengt Berndtsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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[1] Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record (archived)

[2] "Bengt Berndtsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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