Ričardas Beniušis
Ricardas Beniušis (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | [FK Jonava] | ||
| 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) |
| 2007–2008 | → Hearts (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Liepājas 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 | FK Jonava | ||
| International career | |||
| 2001–2014 | Lithuania | 31 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2024 | |||
Beniušis started his career with Atletas Kaunas team in 1998 and played in Lithuanian First league. After one year he joined Inkaras Kaunas in A lyga. He played there until 2002, while returning there after short spells with Russian clubs Baltika Kaliningrad and Krylya Sovetov Samara. He spent one season in Norway (2002) with Start before again moving back to Lithuania with Atlantas Klaipeda. He joined FBK Kaunas in 2003, and has since won 3 A Lyga titles, two 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
- Kaunas' Beni wins loan deal at Hearts, Edinburgh Evening News, 31 July 2007.
- Anderson, Barry (2 September 2010). "Hearts reject Beniusis has got cause for revenge tomorrow". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
External links
- Ričardas Beniušis at Soccerbase
- Ričardas Beniušis at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at londonhearts.com