Bengt Berndtsson at the 2009 Göteborg Book Fair.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 January 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
Date of death | 4 June 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. |
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.