Brandon Onkony

Brandon Onkony (born 2 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie D team Varesina.

Brandon Onkony
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997
Place of birth Montreux, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Varesina
Number 6
Youth career
La Tour-de-Peilz
2013 Lausanne-Sport
2014 Montreux-Sports
2015 Montreal Impact
2017 Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 FC Montreal 7 (0)
2017 Toronto FC III 4 (0)
2017–2018 Toronto FC II 29 (0)
2019 Kjellerup 7 (0)
2019–2020 Hobro 12 (0)
2020–2022 Helsingør 4 (0)
2022–2023 Chiasso 15 (0)
2023 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 0 (0)
2023– Varesina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023

Career

Youth

Onkony played for Montreux Sports and Lausanne-Sports, in his native Switzerland as a youth player.

In 2015 he joined Montreal Impact's Academy U18. He played 15 games for 1 goal and helped the team to reach the Playoffs.[1]

FC Montreal

On 10 June 2016 FC Montreal announced the signing of Onkony to an Academy contract, although he was promoted to play with the USL professional team[2] He made his debut against FC Cincinnati the following day, appearing as a substitute in the 76th minute. He made a further 7 appearances for FC Montreal in 2016.[3]

Toronto FC II

On 18 April 2017 Toronto FC II announced the signing of Brandon Onkony to a professional contract.[4] He made his debut in the first game of the season against Phoenix Rising, appearing as a substitute in the 70th minute.[5]

Onkony also spent time with Toronto FC III at the beginning of the season making four appearances.[6]

Hobro IK

Onkony arrived in Denmark in the winter 2019. He spent time with Hobro IK reserves team where he played 6 games and with Kjellerup IF where he played 7 games.

On 3 June 2019 Hobro IK announced, that Onkony officially had joined the club on a one-year contract.[7] Hobro confirmed in July 2020, that they did not agree on the terms of a new contract and that he would not extend his stay at the club.[8]

FC Helsingør

On the 24 August 2020 FC Helsingør announced, that Brandon Onkony had joined the club. He signed a two-year contract with the club.[9] During the two years in Helsingør, Onkony only made seven appearances, before leaving in June 2022, as his contract expired.[10]

Chiasso

On 11 August 2022, Onkony signed with Chiasso.[11]

References
  1. "Montreal Impact FC". mntl.ussoccerda.com.
  2. "FC Montreal signs defender Brandon Onkony | CF Montréal".
  3. "SportsEngine | Sign In Step 1". user.sportngin.com.
  4. "Toronto FC II sign Brandon Onkony | Toronto FC".
  5. http://www.uslsoccer.com/brandon-onkony Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "TFC III Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
  7. Hobro IK henter schweizisk forsvarsspiller, hikfodbold.dk, 3 June 2019
  8. Hobro-chef: Minor bliver et stort savn, bold.dk, 5 August 2020
  9. Helsingør, F. C. "Brandon Onkony ny mand i FC Helsingørtrøjen | FC Helsingør" (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  10. Brandon Onkony stopper i FC Helsingør, fchelsingor.dk, 26 June 2022
  11. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: BRANDON ONKONY E DANIEL BEZZICCHERI" (in Italian). Chiasso. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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