Bengt Berndtsson

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 men's 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 men's national football team, and was a member of the squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals.^[2][3]