Bengt Madsen born 1942 in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

, Sweden

Sweden

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, is a Swedish former fotball

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 chairman for the Swedish club Malmö FF

Malmö FF

Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...

, a post he held between 1999 and 2009.

As a young football player Madsen played at Håkanstorps BK scoring 67 goals in 24 games, as of 2009 still holding the goal record at the club. After this he was noticed by Malmö FF who signed him. In Malmö FF he played with legends such as Bo Larsson

Bo Larsson

Bo "Bosse" Göran Larsson is a former Swedish football midfielder/striker.Bosse Larsson was one of the national team profiles during the 1970s...

 and Krister Kristensson

Krister Kristensson

Krister Kristensson is a former Swedish footballer.Kristensson played most of his career for Malmö FF. He played 626 games for the club during 1963-1979. He won Allsvenskan 6 times and the Swedish cup 5 times...

. After realising that he would not make it to the A team he accepted an offer to start a table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 section at the club in 1975. The section was very successful and went from playing in the 6th division to becoming Swedish champions in just nine years.

In 1999 he was appointed chairman of Malmö FF, replacing Hans Cavalli-Björkman

Hans Cavalli-Björkman

Hans Cavalli-Björkman is a Swedish former fotball chairman for the Swedish club Malmö FF, a post he held between 1975 and 1998. During Cavalli-Björkmans years at the club they won four Swedish championships as well as six Svenska Cupen titles...

, who had been chairman since 1975 when he took the position over from club legend Eric Persson

Eric Persson

Eric "Hövdingen" Persson was a long time chairman of Swedish football club Malmö FF and one of the most legendary Swedish football leaders of all time.- Chairman of Malmö FF :...

. In 2009 Madsen announced that he would step down as chairman before he reaches the age of 70. He announced his decision to not seek re-election as chairman another year and thus his resignation on 14 January 2010. On 18 February 2010 Håkan Jeppsson

Håkan Jeppsson

Håkan Jeppsson is a Swedish fotball chairman for the Swedish club Malmö FF, a post he has held since 2010.In his younger years Jeppsson played football at Malmö FF simultaneously as he played table tennis at IK Pallas. After a couple of years being active in both sports he decided to quit football...

 was named as Madsen's successor as chairman.

The club won one Swedish championship

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

during Madsen's time as chairman; this happened in 2004.

Outside Malmö FF, Madsen has had a successful business career until his retirement in later years.