Ricardas Beniušis (born 23 April 1980) is a

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n footballer. 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

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n clubs Baltika Kaliningrad and Krylya Sovetov Samara. He spent one season in

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(2002) with Start before again moving back to

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. 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'. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beniusis, Ricardas 1980 births Living people Footballers from Panevėžys Men's association football forwards Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers FBK Kaunas footballers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FK Inkaras Kaunas players IK Start players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players A Lyga players Israeli Premier League players Scottish Premier League players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Slovak First Football League players Eliteserien players Lithuanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players