Kristin Bengtsson

Kristin Bengtsson (born January 12, 1970 in Stockholm ), called "Kicki", is a Swedish football player . With two awards, in 1994 and 2004, she was the record holder of the Diamantbollen , the best player of the year in Sweden, until 2012 . She is one of the most successful players in Swedish football history and played for several years in the first Swedish league Damallsvenskan .

Career

Bengtsson started playing football at the age of seven. Her first club was IFK Viksjö , where she stayed for ten years. She later played for Landvetter IF , Öxabäck IF and Malmö FF Dam in Damallsvenskan. She then tried the Japanese club Suzuyo Shimitzu , Athene Moss in Norway and the US teams Carolina Courage and San Diego Spirit abroad.

After their return, Bengtsson ran again for Malmö FF Dam and Kopparbergs / Landvetter IF. From the 2004 season she played for Djurgården / Älvsjö and was able to celebrate the Swedish championship title in her first year for the club. After four years, she moved to Hammarby IF in 2008 .

In a total of 157 international matches for Sweden , Kristin Bengtsson took part in three World and European Championships and two Olympic Games. In 2003 she was part of the team that won the runner-up at the World Cup in the USA . At 33 years and 273 days, she is the oldest player to have made it to a World Cup final. She was Sweden's sole record player until March 9, 2009, then was overtaken by Victoria Svensson and replaced by her on March 11, 2009.

See also

List of female soccer players with at least 100 international matches

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Kristin Bengtssontill Hammarby" - article at unt.se  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 15, 2009)  
2. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/womcompwwc/51/99/36/fs-302_04a_wwc-super.pdf