Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson at the 2009 Göteborg Book Fair.
Personal information
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.^[1]

References

1. Bengt Berndtsson – FIFA competition record

• Obituary - Expressen