Bengt Simonson (born 8 October 1945) is a Swedish

football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

Career

Simonsson began his managerial career with Dingtuna GIF and

IFK Västerås Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Västerås, commonly known as IFK Västerås, or, especially earlier, Västerås-Kamraterna, is a Swedish sports club club located in Västerås. The club currently plays in Swedish football Division 4, Division 4 ...

, before becoming coach of the

Gideonsbergs IF Gideonsbergs IF is a sports club in Västerås, Sweden. Established in 1955, the women's soccer Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. ...

women's team of the

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

in 1990. In 1992, he became the manager of the Sweden women's national team, coaching the team at the

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...

and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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Bengt Simonsson
at Soccerdonna.de 1945 births Living people Sportspeople from Västerås Swedish football managers Women's association football managers Sweden women's national football team managers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup managers {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub