Bengt Berndtsson

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Bengt Berndtsson
Berndtsson during the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2009
Personal information
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
Men's Football
Representing  Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1958 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sweden national football team in 1961 with this players – from the left, standing: Bengt "Fölet" Berndtsson, Torbjörn Jonsson, Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, Agne Simonsson, Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; crouched: Olle "Lappen" Hellström, Orvar Bergmark, Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm, Lennart Wing and Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg
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Bengt Ryno Berndtsson (26 January 1933 – 4 June 2015) was a Swedish

, he was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).

After starting his career playing for two local clubs, he joined

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

  1. ^ "Bengt Berndtsson – ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ Bengt BerndtssonFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Bengt Berndtsson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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