Bengt Berndtsson
 Berndtsson during the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bengt Ryno Berndtsson | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 348 | (69) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | Sweden | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Bengt Ryno 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.[1]
Berndtsson played for the Sweden men's national football team, and was a member of the squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bengt Berndtsson – ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Bengt Berndtsson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Bengt Berndtsson at ifkdb.com
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