Gärd Kristin "Kicki" Bengtsson (born 12 January 1970) is a Swedish former
footballer
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who played as a
defender. She represented the
Sweden national team from 1991 to 2005.
Career
She holds 157 caps for the
Swedish women's national team. Bengtsson has appeared in three
World Cup
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s,
1995
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,
1999
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, and
2003
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competitions. She netted one goal in the 1999 competition, scoring the opening goal on her team's first day of match play against
China
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. She competed at three Olympic Games with Sweden:
Atlanta 1996,
Sydney 2000
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, and
Athens 2004
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. Bengtsson also appeared in four
UEFA Championships with Sweden,
1995
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,
1997
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,
2001
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, and
2005
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competitions.
Matches and goals scored at World Cup tournaments
Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments
Honours
Club
;
Djurgårdens IF
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Name
The club is named ...
:
*
Damallsvenskan
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: winner 2004
*
Svenska Cupen
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: Winner 2004, 2005
;
Hammarby IF
*
Svenska Cupen
Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...
: Winner 1994, 1995
International
;
Sweden
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*
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup: Quarter-final
*
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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: Quarter-final
*
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
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: Runner-up
*
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: Group stage
*
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Group stage
*
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Fourth place
*
UEFA Women's Euro 1995
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Germany won the competitio ...
: Runner-up
*
UEFA Women's Euro 1997
The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affili ...
: Semi-finals
*
UEFA Women's Euro 2001
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: Runner-up
*
UEFA Women's Euro 2005
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: Semi-finals
*
Algarve Cup
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(Participated from 1994 to 2005): Winner
1995
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,
2001
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*
Four Nations Tournament: Fourth Place
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, Third Place
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
*Australia Cup: Winner 2003
Individual
*
Diamantbollen
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: (2): 1994,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
*
Swedish Defender of the Year
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(1):
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Footnotes
References
;Match reports
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtsson, Kristin
1970 births
Living people
Swedish women's footballers
Olympic footballers of Sweden
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Footballers from Stockholm
Sweden women's international footballers
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
FIFA Century Club
Women's United Soccer Association players
San Diego Spirit players
Hammarby Fotboll (women) players
Damallsvenskan players
BK Häcken FF players
FC Rosengård players
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players
Carolina Courage players
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Athene Moss players
Toppserien players
Swedish expatriate footballers
Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players
Nadeshiko League players
Expatriate women's footballers in Japan
Women's association football defenders
Öxabäcks IF players