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. 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.
Honours
Djurgårdens IF
- Damallsvenskan: 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
Individual
- Diamantbollen: (2): 1994, 2004
- Swedish Defender of the Year (1): 2004
Footnotes
References
- Match reports
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.
