Bengt Berndtsson
Bengt Berndtsson (26 January 1933 – 4 June 2015) was a Swedish football winger. Born in Gothenburg, he was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).
 Berndtsson during the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1968 | IFK Göteborg | 599 | (125) | |||||||||||||
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| Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * 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.
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]
References
- Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record
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