Sylve Bengtsson

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Sylve Bengtsson
Personal information
Full nameSylve Bengtsson
Date of birthJuly 2, 1930
Place of birthHalmstad, Sweden
Date of deathApril 30, 2005(2005-04-30) (aged 74)
Place of deathSweden
Playing positionForward
Youth career
Halmstads BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1947-1948Halmstads BK
1949-1952Hälsingborgs IF
1953-1960Halmstads BK
1961-1963Gnosjö IF
1964-1965Hälsingborgs IF
1967Halmstads BK
National team
1950-1958Sweden28(3)
Teams managed
1967Halmstads BK
1968Laholms FK
1971Halmstads BK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Competitor for  Sweden
Bronze Helsinki 1952 Team Competition

Sylve Bengtsson (July 2, 1930 – April 30, 2005) was a Swedish football player, who played forward.

Career

He started his career in Halmstads BK at the age of 17 in 1947 against Djurgårdens IF, a 0-5 defeat. In 1948 as Halmstads BK was relegated from Allsvenskan Sylve left for Hälsingborgs IF (now Helsingborgs IF); during his time in Hälsingborg he made his first national team appearance for Sweden; he was later part of the Swedish national team that won bronze medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki after defeating West Germany.

After the Summer Olympics he returned to Halmstads BK and helped the club back up in Allsvenskan, in season 1954-55 he won the Stora Silvret with the club and in the following season he become the top goalscorer with 22 goals. Halmstads BK was relegated yet again in 1959 and in 1961 Sylve left for Gnosjö IF where he played for three seasons before returning to Allsvenskan and Hälsingborgs IF to play between 1964 and 1965.

In 1967 he returned to Halmstads BK as a playing coach and in 1968 he become manager for Laholms FK, shortly south of Halmstad, he then returned to Halmstads BK as teamleader; he made a short time as manager yet again for the club during the summer of 1971 and led the club back to Allsvenskan.

Aside from playing football he also worked as a baker and confectioner.

Achievements

Club

Halmstads BK:

  • Allsvenskan:
  • Runners-up (1): 1954-1955

Individual

  • Allsvenskan Top Goalscorer:
  • 1955-1956

National team

Sweden:

  • Summer Olympics:
3rd Place (1): 1952

External links

Sweden
Halmstads BK – managers
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