Bengt Lindskog (25 February 1933 – 27 January 2008) was a Swedish

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who played at both professional and international levels, as a

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Career

Club career

Born in

Furulund Furulund is a locality situated in Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to ...

, Lindskog played club football in Sweden and Italy for

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Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a foo ...

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Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label= Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco'') ...

and

IFK Malmö Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Malmö, more commonly known as IFK Malmö, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Malmö. The club was founded on 23 April 1899. The football department of IFK Malmö is one of the oldest foot ...

International career

Lindskog earned 14 caps for the

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between 1955 and 1965. Before the 1958 World Cup, which was held on home soil in Sweden, Lindskog transferred from Udinese to Inter; his new contract did not allow him to participate in the tournament. He did, however, participate in qualifying matches for the 1966 World Cup.

References

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