Pierre Thomas Robin Neurath Bengtsson (born 12 April 1988) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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. Starting his career with

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

in the mid-2000s, he has spent most of his career in the

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, and has also had stints in the

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and

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before returning to Sweden in 2022. A full international since 2011, he has won more than 40

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for Sweden and represented his country at

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Club career

AIK

Neurath Bengtsson started his senior career at

, where he made his debut in August 2006, against

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan. The club has ...

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FC Nordsjælland

After seasons at AIK, Neurath Bengtsson searched for more playtime and joined on 1 September 2009 the Danish Superliga

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

. Bengtsson began his Nordsjælland spell as back-up for

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, receiving his debut in the

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against AB on 23 September 2009. His first Superliga match was a 6–3 defeat against

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on 4 October 2009.Profile at Football-Lineups.com
/ref> From 1 November 2009, Neurath Bengtsson became a regular starter for FC Nordsjælland on the left back position. Through his performances, Bengtsson became in the interest of

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competitors

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in the summer 2010, and in the following winter transfer window, Bengtsson moved to Copenhagen.

FC Copenhagen

In Copenhagen, Neurath Bengtsson was a back-up for Oscar Wendt in his first half year. Nevertheless, Neurath Bengtsson appeared in 8 of 16 matches before Wendt moved on to join

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. Bengtsson's debut came as a substitute on 22 February 2011 in the UEFA Champions League round-of-16-match against

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In the 2011–12 season, Neurath Bengtsson began as first choice at left back. Through autumn, however, he was overtaken by

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, and from 27 October to 15 April Neurath Bengtsson was only in the lineup twice. Oviedo was sold to Everton on 31 August 2012, and since Bengtsson has been the preferred left back in the club.

Mainz 05

On 23 November 2014,

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announced that they had signed Neurath Bengtsson effective 1 January 2015. Since his contract with FC Copenhagen had expired 31 December 2014, he was available on a free transfer and signed a contract for years until summer 2018.

International career

Neurath Bengtsson was a part of the Swedish youth national teams, gaining 29 matches in total. He was a part of the Swedish squad at the

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. On 19 January 2011, Bengtsson made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against

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. Despite playing regularly as left back for Sweden during the

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, he was surprisingly not selected for the final squad. However, he was eventually called up to replace the injured

Martin Olsson Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team. Olsson signed for Blackburn Rovers from Högaborgs BK in January 2006. In 2013, Premier Lea ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

AIK *

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

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Nordsjælland *

: 2009–10 Copenhagen *

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2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2018–19 *

: 2011–12

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtsson, Pierre 1988 births Living people People from Kumla Municipality Swedish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks AIK Fotboll players FC Nordsjælland players F.C. Copenhagen players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players SC Bastia players Vejle Boldklub players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players Ligue 1 players Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in France Sportspeople from Örebro County