Benny Lekström
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benny Johan Einar Lekström | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IF Brommapojkarna (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Enskede IK | ||
| 2005–2007 | Hammarby IF | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | IF Brommapojkarna | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | FK Mjølner | 20 | |
| 2012–2015 | Tromsø IL | 63 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | IK Sirius | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Hammarby IF | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | IF Brommapojkarna | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benny Johan Einar Lekström (born 19 February 1981) Swedish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is a current goalkeeper coach of IF Brommapojkarna.
He has previously played for Enskede IK, IF Brommapojkarna, FK Mjølner, Tromsø IL and IK Sirius.
Career
[edit]Born in Enskede, Sweden, Lekström played for Hammarby IF from 2005 to 2007, and left Hammarby on a free transfer to IF Brommapojkarna, where he played from 2008 to 2010.[1] After one season in the Norwegian club Mjølner, Lekstrøm signed a two-year deal with Tromsø on 19 October 2011, starting from January 2012.
He represented IK Sirius during one season in 2016, before leaving the club by mutual consent.[2]
On 14 July 2017, Lekström returned to Hammarby on a six month-contract.[3] He left the club at the end of 2018.[4] On 22 February 2019, he then joined IF Brommapojkarna to replace first keeper Hampus Elgán, who had been injured.[5] On 5 August 2019 the club announced, that Lekström would continue at the club as a goalkeeper coach.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 9 June 2018
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2012 | Tromsø | Tippeligaen | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 1. divisjon | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2016 | IK Sirius | Superettan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | Hammarby IF | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 74 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]IK Sirius
References
[edit]- ^ "Benny Lekström". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ Benny Lekström lämnar Sirius Fotboll‚ siriusfotboll.se, 24 March 2017
- ^ "Tim Markström lämnar Bajen – Benny Lekström ersätter" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Officiellt: Benny Lekström lämnar Hammarby IF, fotbolltransfers.com, 1 December 2018
- ^ Hampus Elgán skadad och missar våren – Benny Lekström ersätter, ifbp.se, 22 February 2019
- ^ Benny Lekström ny målvaktstränare i herrlaget, ifbp.se, 5 August 2019
External links
[edit]- Benny Lekström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Benny Lekström at Soccerway
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- FK Mjølner players
- Tromsø IL players
- IK Sirius Fotboll players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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