Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson at the 2009 Göteborg Book Fair.
Personal information
Date of birth	January 26, 1933
Place of birth	Gothenburg
Date of death	June 4, 2015 (aged 82)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1951-1968	IFK Göteborg	599	(125)
National team
	Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

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]

References

1. Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record

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