Bengt Berndtsson

Bengt Berndtsson (born 26 January 1933 in Gothenburg) was a Swedish football winger. 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.

Berndtsson played for the Sweden national football team, and was a member of the squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals.^[1] He also played for Welsh side Barry Town for several seasons, after the tournament concluded.

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Sweden squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup Runners-Up 1 K. Svensson 2 Bergmark 3 Axbom 4 Liedholm (c) 5 Johansson 6 Parling 7 Hamrin 8 Gren 9 Simonsson 10 Selmosson 11 Skoglund 12 T. Svensson 13 Öberg 14 Gustavsson 15 Börjesson 16 Haraldsson 17 Håkansson 18 Löfgren 19 Källgren 20 Mellberg 21 Berndtsson 22 Ohlsson Coach: Raynor