Benoný Breki Andrésson | |
Full Name: | Benoný Breki Andrésson |
Birth Date: | 3 August 2005 |
Birth Place: | Iceland |
Height: | 1.88m |
Position: | Striker |
Currentclub: | KR |
Clubnumber: | 9 |
Youthyears1: | –2021 |
Youthclubs1: | Breiðablik |
Youthyears2: | 2021-2023 |
Youthclubs2: | Bologna |
Years1: | 2023– |
Clubs1: | KR |
Caps1: | 51 |
Goals1: | 30 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Iceland U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 2023 |
Nationalteam2: | Iceland U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
Nationalyears3: | 2024- |
Nationalteam3: | Iceland U21 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 19:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC) |
Benoný Breki Andrésson (born 3 August 2005) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and the Iceland under-21 team.
Benoný played as a youth player for Breiðablik.[1] As a 15-year-old Benoný played with Blika's 2nd team and scored seven league goals in 11 games with Blikum prior to joining Italian side Bologna in 2021.[2]
Benoný moved back to the Icelandic league to join Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur in 2023.[3] He scored nine league goals in his first season with KR.[4] [5] 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.[6] That month, he was also voted the most promising player in the league by his fellow players.[7]
An Icelandic youth international, he made his debut for the Iceland national under-21 football team on 6 September 2024 against Denmark U21 in a 4-2 win.[8]