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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.

Bengt Ryno 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.[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

  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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