Place of birth Gothenburg Name Bengt Berndtsson Playing position Role Football player | Years Team Height 1.77 m 1951-1968 IFK Goteborg Position Winger | |
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Date of birth (1933-01-26)January 26, 1933 Date of death June 4, 2015(2015-06-04) (aged 82) Died June 4, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
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.
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