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Gärd Kristin "Kicki" Bengtsson (born 12 January 1970) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. She represented the Sweden national team from 1991 to 2005.

International career

She holds 157 caps for the Swedish women's national team. Bengtsson has appeared in three World Cups, 1995, 1999, and 2003 competitions. She netted one goal in the 1999 competition, scoring the opening goal on her team's first day of match play against China.^[3] She competed at three Olympic Games with Sweden: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004. Bengtsson also appeared in four UEFA Championships with Sweden, 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2005 competitions.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bengtsson goal.

List of international goals scored by Kristin Bengtsson
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
	June 19, 1999	San Jose, California	China	1–0	1–2	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup	^{[m 1]}
	June 27, 2001	Jena	England	2–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001	^{[m 2]}

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

Damallsvenskan:^[4] winner 2004
Svenska Cupen: Winner 2004, 2005

Hammarby IF

Svenska Cupen: Winner 1994, 1995

Sweden

FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2003
Summer Olympics fourth place: 2004
UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 1995, 2001; fourth place: 1997, 2005
Algarve Cup: 1995, 2001
Four Nations Tournament third place: 2004; fourth place: 1998
Australia Cup: 2003^[5]

Individual

Diamantbollen: (2): 1994, 2004^[6]
Swedish Defender of the Year^[7] (1): 2004

Footnotes

^ 2004–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.

References

^ Kristin Bengtsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Djurgårdens IF SM-guld på seniornivå: difarkivet.se - Uppdaterad 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2019)
^ Australia Cup
^ "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
^ "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se".

Match reports

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
^ "2001 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – England: Group matches". worldfootball.net.

External links

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kristin Bengtsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[2] 2004–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.

[1] Kristin Bengtsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

[3] "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

[4] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.

[7] ttp://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Djurgårdens IF SM-guld på seniornivå: difarkivet.se - Uppdaterad 2019-04-28 at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2019)

[8] Australia Cup

[diamantbollen-9] "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

[10] "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se".

[mat008-5] "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.

[mat030-6] "2001 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – England: Group matches". worldfootball.net.

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