Ričardas Beniušis

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

Ričardas Beniušis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-04-23) 23 April 1980 (age 45)
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 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