Leo Bengtsson

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Leo Bengtsson
Personal information
Full name Karl Leo Bengtsson
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aris Limassol
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2009 Ingarö IF
2010–2016 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Hammarby IF 34 (0)
2018 → Gefle (loan) 14 (0)
2019 → Frej (loan) 16 (3)
2020–2022 Häcken 66 (15)
2022– Aris Limassol 55 (12)
International career‡
2016 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2020 Sweden U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Karl Leo Bengtsson (born 26 May 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aris Limassol.

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Club career

Youth years

Bengtsson grew up at the island Ingarö in Värmdö Municipality, just outside Stockholm. He started his football career at the local club Ingarö IF, before joining the academy at Hammarby IF in late 2010 at age 11. [1]

At Hammarby, he would make his way up the ranks until eventually featuring regularly at the club's U21s in 2015. During the following season he was a key player as Hammarby won the Folksam U21 Allsvenskan. [2] In the semi-final against arch rival Djurgårdens IF in October 2016, he scored two goals while settling the score to 2–1. [3]

Hammarby IF

On 6 September 2016, Leo Bengtsson signed his first professional contract with Hammarby IF, on a three-year deal. [4] However, the winger did not feature in any competitive game in the 2016 Allsvenskan.

At the beginning of the 2017 season, Bengtsson made his competitive debut for Hammarby in a Svenska Cupen fixture. He came on as a substitute in a group stage away game against Nyköpings BIS on 26 February. [5] On 9 April 2017, he made his first appearance in Allsvenskan, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against Kalmar FF on home ground. [6] Bengtsson scored his first competitive goal for the club on 16 August, in a 3–1 win against Akropolis IF in round 2 of the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. [7]

During the following years, Bengtsson failed to break into Hammarby's starting eleven. In 2018, he was sent on loan to Gefle IF in Superettan, Sweden's second division. On 21 January 2019, Bengtsson renewed his contract with Hammarby for another three years. [8]

Bengtsson spent the majority of the 2019 season at Hammarby's affiliated club IK Frej. He made 34 league appearances for Hammarby in total. [9]

BK Häcken

On 6 January 2020, Bengtsson moved to Allsvenskan club BK Häcken from Gothenburg, signing a three-year deal. [10] The transfer fee was reportedly set at around 1 million Swedish kronor. [11]

International career

Bengtsson debuted for the Sweden U19 national team in a friendly against Scotland on 6 October 2016. [12] About a month later, on 14 November 2016, he won his first competitive cap in an away qualifier against Serbia ahead of the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Sweden won the game with a score of 3–2. [13] Bengtsson was selected in the preliminary squad ahead of the tournament – but withdrew on request from his club, Hammarby, where he had started to play regularly. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 February 2024 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby 2017 Allsvenskan 18020——200
2018 10031——131
2019 6000——00
2020 0010——00
Total34061——401
Gefle (loan) 2018 Superettan 14000——140
Frej (loan) 2019 Superettan17300——173
Häcken 2020 Allsvenskan25831——289
2021 286612 [lower-alpha 1] 1—347
2022 13122——174
Total661511421—7920
Aris Limassol 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 338102 [lower-alpha 1] 0—368
2023–24 2242112 [lower-alpha 2] 300368
Total551231143007216
Career total186302061640022240
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ↑ Includes four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League and eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

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