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Benny Lekström

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Benny Lekström
Personal information
Full name Benny Johan Einar Lekström
Date of birth (1981-02-19) 19 February 1981 (age 43)
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

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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

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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

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IK Sirius

References

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  1. ^ "Benny Lekström". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. ^ Benny Lekström lämnar Sirius Fotboll‚ siriusfotboll.se, 24 March 2017
  3. ^ "Tim Markström lämnar Bajen – Benny Lekström ersätter" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ Officiellt: Benny Lekström lämnar Hammarby IF, fotbolltransfers.com, 1 December 2018
  5. ^ Hampus Elgán skadad och missar våren – Benny Lekström ersätter, ifbp.se, 22 February 2019
  6. ^ Benny Lekström ny målvaktstränare i herrlaget, ifbp.se, 5 August 2019
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