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{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1930–2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sylve Bengtsson
| fullname = Sylve Bengtsson
| image = Sylvester.jpg
| caption = Sylve Bengtsson in May 1959
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|7|2}}
| birth_place = [[Halmstad]], Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|4|30|1930|7|2}}
| death_place = Halmstad, Sweden
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Halmstads BK]]
| years1 = 1947–1948
| years2 = 1949–1952
| years3 = 1953–1960
| years4 = 1961–1963
| years5 = 1964–1965
| years6 = 1967
| clubs1 = [[Halmstads BK]]
| clubs2 = [[Helsingborgs IF|Hälsingborgs IF]]
| clubs3 = Halmstads BK
| clubs4 = Gnosjö IF
| clubs5 = Hälsingborgs IF
| clubs6 = Halmstads BK
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1950–1958
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps1 = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| manageryears1 = 1967
| manageryears2 = 1968
| manageryears3 = 1971
| managerclubs1 = Halmstads BK
| managerclubs2 = [[Laholms FK]]
| managerclubs3 = Halmstads BK
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} 
{{MedalBronze| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
}}

'''Sylve Boris Bengtsson''' (2 July 1930 – 30 April 2005) was a Swedish [[association football]] [[Striker (football)|forward]].<ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/s/sylve-bengtsson.html Sylve Bengtsson]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27201 |title=Sylve Bengtsson |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Bengtsson started his career in [[Halmstads BK]] at the age of 17 in 1947 against [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]], a 0–5 defeat. In 1948 as Halmstads BK was relegated from [[Allsvenskan]] Sylve left for ''[[Helsingborgs IF|Hälsingborgs IF]]'' (now Helsingborgs IF); during his time in Hälsingborg he made his first national team appearance for [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]. He was part of the Sweden national team that defeated [[West Germany]] to win a bronze medal in the [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

After the Summer Olympics he returned to Halmstads BK and helped the club back up in Allsvenskan, in season [[Allsvenskan 1954-55|1954–55]] he won the Stora Silvret with the club and in the following season he became the top goalscorer with 22 goals. Halmstads BK was relegated yet again in 1959 and in 1961 Sylve left for Gnosjö IF where he played for three seasons before returning to Allsvenskan and ''Hälsingborgs IF'' to play between 1964 and 1965.

In 1967, he returned to Halmstads BK as a playing coach and in 1968 he became manager for [[Laholms FK]], shortly south of [[Halmstad]], he then returned to Halmstads BK as teamleader; he made a short time as manager yet again for the club during the summer of 1971 and led the club back to Allsvenskan.

Aside from playing football he also worked as a [[baker]] and [[confectioner]].

==Achievements==

===Club===
'''Halmstads BK'''
* Allsvenskan: runners-up [[Allsvenskan 1954–55|1954–55]]

===International===
'''Sweden'''
* [[Summer Olympics]] third place: [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]

===Individual===
* Allsvenskan top goalscorer: 1955–1956

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913035518/http://www.hbk.se/extra/pod/?id=315&module_instance=1&action=pod_show Halmstads BK article]
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|sylve-bengtsson}}
* {{SOK profile}}

{{Allsvenskan top scorers}}
{{Sweden Squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
{{Halmstads BK managers}}

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Halmstads BK players]]
[[Category:Helsingborgs IF players]]
[[Category:Allsvenskan players]]
[[Category:Swedish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Sweden men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Sweden]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden]]
[[Category:Bakers]]
[[Category:Swedish football managers]]
[[Category:Halmstads BK managers]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in football]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Footballers from Halmstad]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]