Bengt Simonson (born 8 October 1945) is a Swedish

football manager ''Football Manager'' (also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008) is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

Career

Simonsson began his managerial career with Dingtuna GIF and

IFK Västerås IFK Västerås is a Swedish football club located in Västerås. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Västerås were formed in 1898 and at their best played in series games in Sweden for several seasons in Sweden's next highest division; t ...

, before becoming coach of the

Gideonsbergs IF Gideonsbergs IF is a sports club in Västerås, Sweden. Established in 1955, the women's soccer Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when playe ...

women's team of the

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

in 1990. In 1992, he became the manager of the Sweden women's national team, coaching the team at the

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...

and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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Bengt Simonsson
at Soccerdonna.de 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Västerås Swedish football managers Women's association football managers Sweden women's national football team managers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup managers {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub