Benoný Breki Andrésson
 Benoný Breki Andrésson in action for Stockport County | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 August 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stockport County | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Grótta[1] | ||
| 2019–2021 | Breiðablik | ||
| 2021–2023 | Bologna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | KR | 51 | (30) |
| 2025– | Stockport County | 3 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Iceland U17 | 5 | (1) |
| 2023 | Iceland U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2023– | Iceland U21 | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025 | |||
Benoný Breki Andrésson (born 3 August 2005) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Stockport County and the Iceland under-21 team.[2]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Benoný joined Breiðablik as a youth player in 2019, having previously played for Grótta.[3][4] He played with Breiðablik's U-19 team prior to joining Italian side Bologna in 2021.[5]
KR
[edit]Benoný moved back to the Icelandic league to join KR in 2023.[6] He scored nine league goals in his first season with KR.[7][8] In October 2024, he scored 5 goals in a 7–0 victory against HK in the final round of matches of the 2024 Besta deild karla to set a new league record of 21 goals in a season.[9] That month, he was also voted the most promising player in the league by his fellow players.[10]
Stockport County
[edit]In December 2024 it was announced that Benoný would join English club Stockport County on 1 January 2025.[11] He was described as an "emerging talent signing" by Stockport director of football Simon Wilson.[12]
He made his debut for Stockport County, as a second-half substitute in a 1-0 away loss in the FA Cup third round against Premier League club Crystal Palace on 12 January 2025.[13] He scored his first goals for the club on 1 March 2025, when he scored a second-half brace, again as a substitute, in a 2-1 home win in EFL League One against Blackpool.[14] He scored again four days later to make it three in two games, as he rescued a draw with a late equaliser for the club, as they finished 1-1 away in the league at Northampton Town.[15]
International career
[edit]An Icelandic youth international, he made his debut for the Iceland national under-21 football team on 17 October 2023 against Lithuania U21 in a 1–0 win.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leikmaður - Benoný Breki Andrésson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Benoný Breki Andrésson at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Leikmaður - Benoný Breki Andrésson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "STRONGEST IN ROUND 26 – THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE CLOUDS". fotbolti.net. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "BENONÝ BREKI Í BOLOGNA (STAÐFEST)". Fotboli. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "VIRÐIST SJÁ FYRIR ENDANN Á ERFIÐUM VIÐRÆÐUM KR VIÐ BOLOGNA". Fotbolti. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Framherji KR hafnaði Gautaborg". mbl.is. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "STRONGEST IN ROUND 24 – NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD WITH 24 GOALS IN THE TOP DIVISION". Fotbolti.net. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Benony broke the scoring record". mbl.is. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Great to score 5 goals". mbl.is. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Benony Breki Andresson: Stockport County agree deal for Icelandic striker". BBC Sport. 11 December 2024.
- ^ Stronge, Isaac Stacey (5 March 2025). "Stockport County will hope for Teemu Pukki-style rise following Blackpool FC, Northampton Town showings". Football League World. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Crystal Palace vs Stockport 1-0". Soccerway. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Stockport vs. Blackpool 2-1". Soccerway. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Northampton vs Stockport 1-1". Soccerway. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Leikmaður - Benoný Breki Andrésson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Icelandic men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Breiðablik men's football players
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- Icelandic expatriate men's footballers
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen