Kristin Bengtsson

{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kristin Bengtsson | image = | caption = | fullname = Gärd Kristin Bengtsson<ref>{{NFF}}</ref> | 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 (association football)|Defender]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Viksjö IK]] | years1 = 1977–1987 | clubs1 = [[IFK Viksjö]] | years2 = 1988–1996 | clubs2 = [[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby IF]] | caps2 = 176 | goals2 = 32 | years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = [[Öxabäck IF]] | years4 = 1998 | clubs4 = [[Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies|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 = [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF]] | years10 = 2003 | clubs10 = [[Kopparbergs/Landvetter IF]] | years11 = 2004–2007 | clubs11 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgårdens IF]]{{efn|2004–2006 as [[Djurgården/Älvsjö]].}} | years12 = 2008–2010 | clubs12 = [[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby IF]] | caps12 = 46 | goals12 = 5 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1991–2005 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] | nationalcaps1 = 157<ref>{{cite web|title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> | nationalgoals1 = 14 | medaltemplates = | manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = [[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby IF]] }}

'''Gärd Kristin''' "'''Kicki'''" '''Bengtsson''' (born 12 January 1970) is a Swedish former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. She represented the [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden national team]] from 1991 to 2005.

==International career== She holds 157 caps for the [[Sweden women's national football team|Swedish women's national team]]. Bengtsson has appeared in three [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cups]], [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]], [[FIFA Women's World Cup 1999|1999]], and [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2003|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 women's national football team|China]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> She competed at three Olympic Games with Sweden: [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Atlanta 1996]], [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Sydney 2000]], and [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Athens 2004]]. Bengtsson also appeared in four [[UEFA Women's Championship|UEFA Championships]] with Sweden, [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|1995]], [[1997 UEFA Women's Championship|1997]], [[2001 UEFA Women's Championship|2001]], and [[2005 UEFA Women's Championship|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]] | <ref group=m name=mat008>{{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}}</ref> |- | 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]] | <ref group=m name=mat030>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma1844074/lineup/ |title=2001 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – England: Group matches| publisher=worldfootball.net}}</ref> |}

==Honours== '''Djurgårdens IF''' * [[Damallsvenskan]]:<ref>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}}</ref> winner 2004 * [[Svenska Cupen (women)|Svenska Cupen]]: Winner 2004, 2005

'''Hammarby IF''' * [[Svenska Cupen (women)|Svenska Cupen]]: Winner 1994, 1995

'''Sweden''' * [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] runner-up: [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]] * [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] fourth place: [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]] * [[UEFA Women's Championship]] runner-up: [[UEFA Women's Euro 1995|1995]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001|2001]]; fourth place: [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997|1997]], [[UEFA Women's Euro 2005|2005]] * [[Algarve Cup]]: [[1995 Algarve Cup|1995]], [[2001 Algarve Cup|2001]] * [[Four Nations Tournament (women's football)|Four Nations Tournament]] third place: [[2004 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)|2004]]; fourth place: [[1998 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)|1998]] * Australia Cup: 2003<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/australiacup-wom.html Australia Cup]</ref>

'''Individual'''  * [[Diamantbollen]]: (2): 1994, [[:sv:Fotbollsgalan 2004|2004]]<ref name=diamantbollen>{{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 }}</ref> * [[Fotbollsgalan|Swedish Defender of the Year]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/ovriga-utmarkelser/|title=Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518210151/http://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/ovriga-utmarkelser/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (1): [[:sv:Fotbollsgalan 2004|2004]]

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== 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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