Kristin Bengtsson

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kristin Bengtsson

| image =

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| fullname = Gärd Kristin Bengtsson{{NFF}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|1|12}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Viksjö IK

| years1 = 1977–1987

| clubs1 = IFK Viksjö

| years2 = 1988–1996

| clubs2 = Hammarby IF

| caps2 = 176

| goals2 = 32

| years3 = 1997

| clubs3 = Öxabäck IF

| years4 = 1998

| clubs4 = Suzuyo Shimizu Lovely Ladies

| years5 = 1999

| clubs5 = Athene Moss

| years6 = 1999–2001

| clubs6 = Kopparbergs/Landvetter IF

| years7 = 2001

| clubs7 = San Diego Spirit

| years8 = 2001

| clubs8 = Carolina Courage

| years9 = 2002

| clubs9 = Malmö FF

| years10 = 2003

| clubs10 = Kopparbergs/Landvetter IF

| years11 = 2004–2007

| clubs11 = Djurgårdens IF{{efn|2004–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.}}

| years12 = 2008–2010

| clubs12 = Hammarby IF

| caps12 = 46

| goals12 = 5

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1991–2005

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 157{{cite web|title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|access-date=10 May 2013}}

| nationalgoals1 = 14

| medaltemplates =

| manageryears1 = 2013

| managerclubs1 = Hammarby IF

}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615235512/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2015 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches|publisher=FIFA}} 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.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Kristin Bengtsson
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
style="text-align:center"\| \|{{dts\|1999-6-19}} \|San Jose, California \|{{fbw\|China}} \|style="text-align:center"\|1–0 \|style="text-align:center"\|1–2 \|1999 FIFA Women's World Cup \|{{Cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615235512/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=15 June 2015 \|title=FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches\|publisher=FIFA}}
style="text-align:center"\| \|{{dts\|2001-6-27}} \|Jena \|{{fbw\|England}} \|style="text-align:center"\|2–0 \|style="text-align:center"\|4–0 \|UEFA Women's Euro 2001 \|{{Cite web \|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/frauen-em-2001-in-deutschland-gruppe-a-schweden-england/ \|title=2001 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – England: Group matches\| publisher=worldfootball.net}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Kristin Bengtsson

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

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|{{dts|1999-6-19}}

|San Jose, California

|{{fbw|China}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|style="text-align:center"|1–2

|1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615235512/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4645/match=22165/index.html#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2015 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999: MATCH Report: China – Sweden: Group Matches|publisher=FIFA}}

style="text-align:center"|

|{{dts|2001-6-27}}

|Jena

|{{fbw|England}}

|style="text-align:center"|2–0

|style="text-align:center"|4–0

|UEFA Women's Euro 2001

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/frauen-em-2001-in-deutschland-gruppe-a-schweden-england/ |title=2001 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – England: Group matches| publisher=worldfootball.net}}

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

Damallsvenskan:http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630143919/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |title=Djurgårdens IF SM-guld på seniornivå: difarkivet.se - Uppdaterad 2019-04-28 |date=30 June 2019}} 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[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/australiacup-wom.html Australia Cup]

Individual

Diamantbollen: (2): 1994, 2004{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/ |title=Diamantbollen |language=sv |publisher=Swedish Football Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121082553/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/ |archive-date=21 November 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 December 2011 }}
Swedish Defender of the Year{{Cite web|url=http://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/ovriga-utmarkelser/|title=Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se}} (1): 2004

Footnotes

References

;Match reports

External links

{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/kristin-bengtsson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204115/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/kristin-bengtsson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Kristin Bengtsson}}

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