Rasmus Bengtsson
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Mattias Bengtsson
Date of birth (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 37)
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 256 (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.

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.[11]

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.[12][13][14][15] His first cap for the Swedish senior national team came in a friendly against Mexico in January 2009.[16]

Career statistics

Club

[17]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Trelleborgs FF 2006 Superettan 19 2 — — 19 2
2007 Allsvenskan 14 3 — — 14 3
2008 Allsvenskan 28 4 — — 28 4
2009 Allsvenskan 12 1 — — 12 1
Total 73 10 0 0 0 0 73 10
Hertha BSC 2009–10 Bundesliga 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
Total 6 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
Hertha BSC II 2009–10 Regionalliga 4 0 — — 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FC Twente 2010–11 Eredivisie 10 0 4 0 2 0 16 0
2011–12 Eredivisie 13 0 1 0 4 0 18 0
2012–13 Eredivisie 25 2 1 0 5 1 31 3
2013–14 Eredivisie 28 4 1 0 — 29 4
2014–15 Eredivisie 17 1 2 0 1 0 20 1
Total 93 7 9 0 12 1 114 8
Malmö FF 2015 Allsvenskan 16 1 1 0 10 0 27 1
2016 Allsvenskan 18 2 4 1 — 22 3
2017 Allsvenskan 9 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2018 Allsvenskan 13 0 5 1 13 0 31 1
2019 Allsvenskan 23 1 2 0 12 4 37 5
2020 Allsvenskan 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
Total 80 4 13 2 38 4 131 10
Career total 256 21 23 2 52 5 331 28

International

Appearances and goals per year[17]

National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2009 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Trelleborgs FF

Twente

Malmö FF

References

  1. ^ "Rasmus Bengtsson". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  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.
  4. ^ "Lazio: "Bengtsson är vår"" (in Swedish). SVT.se. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Lazio anmäler Bengtsson till Fifa" (in Swedish). SvD.se. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Lazio Fifaanmäler Bengtsson" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan.se. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Rasmus Bengtsson till Twente". svt.se (in Swedish). SVT. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Bengtsson ny lagkapten i Twente:"En stor ära"". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Välkommen tillbaka till MFF, Rasmus Bengtsson". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Rasmus Bengtsson avslutar karriären: "En lättnad"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Rasmus Bengtsson avslutar karriären: "En lättnad"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  12. ^ "U21 herr: Femetta mot Vitryssland" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  13. ^ "U21 herr: Italien höll undan med tio man" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  14. ^ "U21 herr: Sverige till semifinal" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  15. ^ "EM-sorti på straffar efter mirakelvändning" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  16. ^ "Bengtsson gör landslagsdebut" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 28 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
  17. ^ a b "Rasmus Bengtsson". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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