Ričardas Beniušis

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Ričardas Beniušis
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-23) 23 April 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth
Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Kauno Virpstas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000
Inkaras Kaunas
27 (18)
2000–2001 Baltika Kaliningrad 1 (0)
2001
Inkaras Kaunas
20 (15)
2001
Krylya Sovetov Samara
0 (0)
2002
Inkaras Kaunas
13 (2)
2002 Start 9 (1)
2002–2003 Atlantas Klaipeda 12 (6)
2003–2008 FBK Kaunas 110 (65)
2007–2008Hearts (loan) 8 (0)
2008Liepājas Metalurgs (loan) 24 (5)
2009
DAC Dunajská Streda
13 (1)
2009 Sūduva 10 (11)
2010
Hapoel Ra'anana
12 (3)
2009–2013 Sūduva 81 (29)
2013–2015 Kruoja Pakruojis 91 (36)
2015–2021 Šilas Kazlų Rūda 114 (128)
2017 FK Šilutė 23 (8)
2018 FK Panerys Vilnius 6 (5)
2022-2023 FK Saned Joniškis 32 (41)
2023 Tauras 12 (8)
2024 Kauno Virpstas
International career
2001–2014 Lithuania 31 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2024

Ricardas Beniušis (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian footballer.

Beniušis started his career with Atletas Kaunas team in 1998 and played in Lithuanian First league. After one year he joined

Lithuanian Cups and two Lithuanian Super Cups
with the club.

He joined Hearts on a season-long loan deal in July 2007.[1] He made his debut for Hearts in a 1–0 defeat to city rivals Hibernian F.C., playing very poorly and leading to many calling him 'Beniuseless'.[2] He made few starts for Hearts and was sent back to FBK Kaunas early, on 19 March 2008.

In January 2010, he signed for the Israeli club, Hapoel Ra'anana for three years.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Others Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atletas 1998-99 I Lyga 23 16 - - 23 16
Inkaras Kaunas
1999 A Lyga 14 9 1 3 - - 15 12
2000 13 9 0 0 - - 13 9
Baltika Kaliningrad 2000 Russian First League 1 0 - - 1 0
Krylya Sovetov Samara
2001 Russian Premier League 0 0 - - 0 0
Inkaras Kaunas
2001 A Lyga 20 15 0 0 - 20 15
2002 13 2 3 3 - 16 5
Total Inkaras Kaunas 60 35 4 6 0 0 0 0 64 41
Start 2002 Tippeligaen 9 1 9 1
Atlantas 2003 A Lyga 12 6 1 0 13 6
Kaunas 2003 A Lyga 12 10 1 0 3 2 1 1 17 13
2004 22 8 4 3 2 0 28 11
2005 28 16 5 7 - 33 23
2006 30 14 2 0 2 0 1 0 35 14
2007 18 17 2 1 3 5 23 23
Total Kaunas 110 65 12 10 9 3 5 6 136 84
Heart
2007-08
Scottish Premier League 8 0 - - - 8 0
Liepājas Metalurgs 2008 Latvian Higher League 24 5 1 1 4 0 3 2 32 8
Dunajská Streda
2008-09
Slovak Superliga 13 1 - - - 13 1
Sūduva 2009 A Lyga 10 11 1 1 3 3 14 15
Hapoel Ra'anana
2009-10
Liga Ha'Al 12 3 12 3
Sūduva 2010 A Lyga 12 4 2 1 2 2 16 7
2011 31 9 2 2 2 1 35 12
2012 28 5 4 1 32 6
Total Sūduva 81 29 3 3 8 3 5 5 97 40
Kruoja Pakruojis 2013 A Lyga 32 13 3 2 2 0 37 15
2014 35 15 1 0 36 15
2015 24 8 2 0 26 8
Total Kruoja Pakruojis 91 36 4 2 4 0 0 0 99 38
Šilas Kazlų Ruda 2015 I Lyga 6 5 - - 6 5
2016 27 25 - - - 27 25
Šilutė 2017 I Lyga 23 8 1 0 - - 24 8
Panerys Vilnius 2018 II Lyga 6 5 2 2 - - 8 7
Šilas Kazlų Rūda 2019 II Lyga 23 35 - - 23 35
2020 32 41 2 2 - - 34 43
2021 I Lyga 26 21 2 2 - - 28 23
Total Šilas KR 114 127 4 4 - - 118 131
Saned Joniškis 2022 II Lyga 22 34 2 1 - - 24 35
2023 10 7 - - - 10 7
Tauras 2023 II Lyga 12 8 - - - 12 8
Total career 631 386 34 29 25 6 13 13 703 434

International

National team Years Apps Goals
Lithuania 2001 2 0
2002 3 1
2003 3 0
2004 1 0
2005 1 0
2006 5 0
2007 3 0
2008 6 1
2010 1 0
2011 3 1
2014 3 0
Total 31 3

References

  1. ^ Kaunas' Beni wins loan deal at Hearts, Edinburgh Evening News, 31 July 2007.
  2. ^ Anderson, Barry (2 September 2010). "Hearts reject Beniusis has got cause for revenge tomorrow". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

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