Bengt Ryno Berndtsson (26 January 1933 – 4 June 2015) was a Swedish football winger. Born in Gothenburg, he was nicknamed Fölet (meaning The Foal).

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

The 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.

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.[1]

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 edit

  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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