{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1935–2021)}} {{for|the politician|Bertil Johansson (politician)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bertil Johansson | image = BertilJohansson.jpg | image_size = 175 | caption = Bertil Johansson | fullname = | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|3|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|5|1935|3|22|df=y}} | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Sävedalens IF]] | years1 = 1955–1968 | clubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]] | caps1 = 267 | goals1 = 162 | nationalyears1 = 1954–1957 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | manageryears1 = 1967–1970 | managerclubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]] | nationalteam2 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]] | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | nationalyears3 = 1958–1963 | nationalteam3 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] | nationalcaps3 = 4 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1955–1962 }} '''John Bertil "Bebben" Johansson''' (22 March 1935 – 5 May 2021) was a Swedish [[association football|football]] player who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]], most notably for [[IFK Göteborg]]. He was also a [[manager (association football)|football manager]].
== Career == After starting his career playing for the local club [[Sävedalens IF]], he joined [[IFK Göteborg]] in 1955 and won a [[List of Swedish football champions|Swedish Championship]] with the club.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bertil Johansson - ifkdb.se|url=http://ifkdb.se/bebben/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=ifkdb.se}}</ref> He won four [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] between 1958 and 1963.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bertil Johansson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/bertil-johansson/59f273ce-840c-4ffb-9d74-8389447e745e/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-06|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506081513/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/bertil-johansson/59f273ce-840c-4ffb-9d74-8389447e745e/ |archive-date=6 May 2021 }}</ref> He also represented the [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]] and [[Sweden national football B team|B]] teams.<ref name=":1" />
After retiring as a player in 1968, he coached the team for two years and won another Swedish Championship.<ref name=":0" />
In the wintertime, he played [[handball]] for [[Redbergslids IK]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/bertil-bebben-johansson-29-7-1.839110|title=Bertil "Bebben" Johansson|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|author=Anders Johansson|language=English|date=29 July 2011|accessdate=6 May 2021}}</ref>
== Personal life == Johansson died on 5 May 2021, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/1.46225839|title=Bertil "Bebben" Johansson död|first=Andreas Johnsson, Mattias|last=Balkander|date=5 May 2021|website=Göteborgs-Posten|accessdate=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Blåvitt-legendaren Bertil "Bebben" Johansson död|url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/blavitt-legendaren-bertil--bebben-johansson-dod/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=www.expressen.se|date=5 May 2021 |language=sv}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
=== Club === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=":0" /> ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |[[Svenska Cupen]] ! colspan="2" |Continental ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="14" |[[IFK Göteborg]] |[[1954–55 Allsvenskan|1954–55]] |[[Allsvenskan]] |4||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||5||0 |- |[[1955–56 Allsvenskan|1955–56]] |Allsvenskan |22||12||0||0||0||0||13||9||35||21 |- |[[1956–57 Allsvenskan|1956–57]] |Allsvenskan |22||8||0||0||0||0||18||26||40||34 |- |[[1957–58 Allsvenskan|1957–58]] |Allsvenskan |32||27||0||0||5||2||26||20||63||49 |- |[[1959 Allsvenskan|1959]] |Allsvenskan |22||17||0||0||5||2||12||12||39||31 |- |[[1960 Allsvenskan|1960]] |Allsvenskan |21||17||0||0||0||0||7||2||28||19 |- |[[1961 Allsvenskan|1961]] |Allsvenskan |20||20||0||0||2||0||20||14||42||34 |- |[[1962 Allsvenskan|1962]] |Allsvenskan |22||18||0||0||0||0||16||9||38||27 |- |- |[[1963 Allsvenskan|1963]] |Allsvenskan |22||13||0||0||0||0||21||12||43||25 |- |[[1964 Allsvenskan|1964]] |Allsvenskan |22||10||0||0||0||0||15||7||37||17 |- |[[1965 Allsvenskan|1965]] |Allsvenskan |21||7||0||0||0||0||16||6||37||13 |- |[[1966 Allsvenskan|1966]] |Allsvenskan |18||8||0||0||0||0||8||2||26||10 |- |[[1967 Allsvenskan|1967]] |Allsvenskan |10||2||1||0||0||0||8||5||19||7 |- |[[1968 Allsvenskan|1968]] |Allsvenskan |10||3||0||0||0||0||2||0||12||3 |- ! colspan="3" |Total !267!!162!!1!!0!!12!!4!!183!!124!!464!!290 |}
=== International === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":1" /> !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="6" |[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] |1958 |1 |0 |- |1959 |0 |0 |- |1960 |0 |0 |- |1961 |1 |0 |- |1962 |1 |0 |- |1963 |1 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !4 !0 |}
==Honours==
=== Player === '''IFK Göteborg'''
* [[Allsvenskan]]; [[1957–58 Allsvenskan|1957–58]]<ref name=":0" />
'''Individual'''
* [[List of Allsvenskan top scorers|Allsvenskan top scorer]]: [[1957–58 Allsvenskan|1957–58]]<ref name=":0" /> (shared with [[Henry Källgren]]), [[1961 Allsvenskan|1961]]<ref name=":0" /> * [[Kristallkulan]]: 1967<ref name=":0" />
=== Manager === '''IFK Göteborg'''
* Allsvenskan: [[1969 Allsvenskan|1969]]<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|bertil-johansson_3}} * {{ifkdb|name=Bertil Johansson}}
{{Allsvenskan top scorers}} {{IFK Göteborg managers}}
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