Kristin Bengtsson

Kristin Bengtsson

Personal information
Full name	Gärd Kristin Bengtsson[1]
Date of birth	(1970-01-12) 12 January 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Viksjö IK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1987	IFK Viksjö
1988–1996	Hammarby IF	176	(32)
1997	Öxabäck IF
1998	Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies
1999	Athene Moss
1999–2001	Kopparbergs/Landvetter IF
2001	San Diego Spirit
2001	Carolina Courage
2002	Malmö FF
2003	Kopparbergs/Landvetter IF
2004–2007	Djurgårdens IF[a]
2008–2010	Hammarby IF	46	(5)
International career
1991–2005	Sweden	157[2]	(14)
Managerial career
2013	Hammarby IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

1. 2004–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.

References

1. Kristin Bengtsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
2. "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
3. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
4. 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)
5. Australia Cup
6. "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
7. "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se".

Match reports

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
2. "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.