Bengt Berndtsson
Swedish footballer
Berndtsson during the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Bengt Ryno Berndtsson | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1933-01-26)26 January 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 June 2015(2015-06-04) (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 national football team, and was a member of the squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals.[2][3]
References
- Obituary – Expressen
External links
- Bengt Berndtsson at ifkdb.com
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Sweden squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up
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