Brandon Onkony

{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Brandon Onkony

| image =

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| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|12|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montreux, Switzerland

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = Bulle

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = La Tour-de-Peilz

| youthyears2 = 2013

| youthclubs2 = Lausanne-Sport

| youthyears3 = 2014

| youthclubs3 = Montreux-Sports

| youthyears4 = 2015

| youthclubs4 = Montreal Impact

| youthyears5 = 2017

| youthclubs5 = Toronto FC

| years1 = 2016

| clubs1 = FC Montreal

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017

| clubs2 = Toronto FC III

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Toronto FC II

| caps3 = 29

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2019

| clubs4 = Kjellerup

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Hobro

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2020–2022

| clubs6 = Helsingør

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2022–2023

| clubs7 = Chiasso

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023

| clubs8 = Stade Lausanne Ouchy

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2023

| clubs9 = Varesina

| caps9 = 11

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2023–2024

| clubs10 = Atletico Castegnato

| caps10 = 18

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2024

| clubs11 = Cairese

| caps11 = 15

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2025–

| clubs12 = Bulle

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 0

| club-update = 22 June 2025

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Brandon Onkony (born 2 December 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Promotion League club Bulle.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://mntl.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=1401264&player=28630976|title=Montreal Impact FC|website=mntl.ussoccerda.com}}

=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{{Cite web|url=http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/post/2016/06/10/fc-montreal-signs-defender-brandon-onkony|title=FC Montreal signs defender Brandon Onkony | CF Montréal}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://user.sportngin.com/users/sign_in?user_return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uslsoccer.com%2Froster_players%2F11573521|title=SportsEngine | Sign In Step 1|website=user.sportngin.com}}

=Toronto FC II=

On 18 April 2017 Toronto FC II announced the signing of Brandon Onkony to a professional contract.{{Cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/post/2017/04/18/toronto-fc-ii-sign-brandon-onkony|title=Toronto FC II sign Brandon Onkony | Toronto FC}} He made his debut in the first game of the season against Phoenix Rising, appearing as a substitute in the 70th minute.http://www.uslsoccer.com/brandon-onkony {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822224443/http://www.uslsoccer.com/brandon-onkony |date=2017-08-22 }}.

Onkony also spent time with Toronto FC III at the beginning of the season making four appearances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/stats/team_instance/2685722?subseason=389480|title=TFC III Stats 2017|work=League1 Ontario}}

=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.[http://hikfodbold.dk/superliga-nyheder?id=2255 Hobro IK henter schweizisk forsvarsspiller], hikfodbold.dk, 3 June 2019 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.[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/hobro-chef-minor-bliver-et-stort-savn/ Hobro-chef: Minor bliver et stort savn], bold.dk, 5 August 2020

=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.{{Cite web|last=Helsingør|first=F. C.|title=Brandon Onkony ny mand i FC Helsingørtrøjen {{!}} FC Helsingør|url=https://fchelsingor.dk/2020/08/24/brandon-onkony-ny-mand-i-fc-helsingoertroejen/|access-date=2020-08-24|language=da-DK}} During the two years in Helsingør, Onkony only made seven appearances, before leaving in June 2022, as his contract expired.[https://www.fchelsingor.dk/2022/05/30/brandon-onkony-stopper-i-fc-helsingoer/ Brandon Onkony stopper i FC Helsingør], fchelsingor.dk, 26 June 2022

=Chiasso=

On 11 August 2022, Onkony signed with Chiasso.{{cite web|publisher=Chiasso|url=https://fcchiasso.ch/2022/08/11/comunicato-ufficiale-brandon-onkony-e-daniel-bezziccheri/|title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: BRANDON ONKONY E DANIEL BEZZICCHERI|date=11 August 2022|access-date=4 October 2022|language=it}}

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