Rasmus Bengtsson

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Rasmus Bengtsson
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Personal information
Full name Rasmus Mattias Bengtsson
Date of birth (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
0000–2006 Malmö FF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Trelleborgs FF 73 (10)
2009–2010 Hertha BSC 6 (0)
2009–2010 → Hertha BSC II 4 (0)
2010–2015 Twente 93 (7)
2015–2021 Malmö FF 80 (4)
Total256(21)
International career
2008–2009 Sweden U21 13 (0)
2009–2014 Sweden 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rasmus Mattias Bengtsson (born 26 June 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Starting off his professional career with Trelleborgs FF in 2006, he went on to represent Hertha BSC in the German Bundesliga and Twente in the Dutch Eredivise before retiring at his boyhood club Malmö FF in 2021. A full international between 2009 and 2014, he won four caps for the Sweden national team.

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Career

Early career

Bengtsson started his career in his home town club Malmö FF. He transferred to Superettan side Trelleborgs FF in 2006 after having failed to make into the first team at Malmö FF. Bengtsson made his professional debut for Trelleborg in 2006. During his time in Trelleborg Bengtsson also changed his preferred position from striker to central defender. With Trelleborg he won the Superettan title of 2006 as the club were promoted to the first tier of Sweden, Allsvenskan. Bengtsson played a further three seasons in Allsvenskan with the club before he departed for German side Hertha BSC in the summer of 2009.

Hertha BSC

In August 2009, Bengtsson transferred to Hertha BSC on a three-year contract. [2] Prior to signing with Hertha, it was claimed that he was close to signing with Italian club S.S. Lazio. [3] Bengtsson later declared he had no interest in signing for Lazio. When Bengtsson signed for Berlin it upset the Italian club, [4] who claimed that he had already signed with them. Lazio took their case to FIFA. [5] [6] Bengtsson only spent one season at the German side as they were relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Twente

Bengtsson signed with Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente on 9 July 2010. [7] He gained a more important role in the Twente defence in the 2012–13 season after having played more sporadically during his first two seasons at the club. Bengtsson was chosen as Twente's club captain in July 2013 ahead of the 2013–14 season. [8] During his time at Twente, Bengtsson has also played in the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League.

Malmö FF

Bengtsson returned to his youth club Malmö FF on 25 March 2015. He signed a five-year contract lasting until the end of the 2019 season. [9]

After the end of the 2020 season, Malmö FF and Bengtsson parted ways. On April 13, 2021, Bengtsson announced via Swedish newspaper Expressen that he had retired. [10] He won three Allsvenskan titles with the club and played in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. [10]

International career

During the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Sweden, Bengtsson played all Sweden's four matches from start together with Mattias Bjärsmyr. [11] [12] [13] [14] His first cap for the Swedish senior national team came in a friendly against Mexico in January 2009. [15]

Career statistics

Club

[16]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trelleborgs FF 2006 Superettan 192——192
2007 Allsvenskan 143——143
2008 Allsvenskan284——284
2009 Allsvenskan121——121
Total731000007310
Hertha BSC 2009–10 Bundesliga 60102090
Total60102090
Hertha BSC II 2009–10 Regionalliga 40——40
Total40000040
FC Twente 2010–11 Eredivisie 1004020160
2011–12 Eredivisie1301040180
2012–13 Eredivisie2521051313
2013–14 Eredivisie28410—294
2014–15 Eredivisie1712010201
Total937901211148
Malmö FF 2015 Allsvenskan16110100271
2016 Allsvenskan18241—223
2017 Allsvenskan900010100
2018 Allsvenskan13051130311
2019 Allsvenskan23120124375
2020 Allsvenskan10102040
Total80413238413110
Career total2562123252533128

International

Appearances and goals per year [16]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200910
201310
201420
Total40

Honours

Trelleborgs FF

Twente

Malmö FF

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References

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  2. ↑ "Neuer Abwehrmann" (in German). Hertha BSC official site. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Rasmus Bengtsson aktuell för Lazio" (in Swedish). DN.se. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
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  10. 1 2 "Rasmus Bengtsson avslutar karriären: "En lättnad"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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  12. ↑ "U21 herr: Italien höll undan med tio man" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  13. ↑ "U21 herr: Sverige till semifinal" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
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