Benny Lekström

Benny Lekström ( born February 19, 1981 in Enskede, Stockholm ) is a Swedish football player. The goalkeeper played in his career so far in Norway and his home country.

Sports career

Lekström began playing football in the Stockholm district club Enskedefältets BK. About Enskede IK he came to the end of 2005 first division club Hammarby IF, where he was replaced as the reserve goalkeeper Jon migrated Rytterbro. Already in the course of the year he had as a guest player in Hammarby Talang FF, the farm team of the club, is convinced. Behind Erland Hellström and Richard Kingson he came in the next two seasons to ten stakes in Allsvenskan, where he mainly benefited from the injury woes of the intended as number 1 Hellströms in the season 2007. After expiration of his contract in late 2007, he joined the January 2008 second division side IF Brommapojkarna, where he signed a two -year contract. Since the local new coach Kim Berg beach sat on the young man Kristoffer Nordfeldt, but it was only the role of the substitute man here. Only after the rise at the end of the second division season 2008 he came into the subsequent Erstligaspielzeit for the club in the league to use when he again benefited from the injury woes of the competition. The end of 2009 he finally extended the club 's outgoing contract by one year.

After expiration of the contract with IF Brommapojkarna Lekström was initially without a club after a trial at Västerås SK he joined in March 2011 finally to the Norwegian club FK Mjølner. In the third division, he convinced so that the first division side Tromsø IL took him for two years under contract. There he was intended as a replacement for his compatriot Marcus Sahlman, after an injury to the competitor, he conquered for long stretches of the season 2012 the space between the post and denied in his first season, 20 games in the Tippeligaen. Subsequently, however, stem strength was Sahlman again to re- injury-related breaks, Lekström helped to four stakes in the following season.