Iman Beney: 10 things you didn’t know | OneFootball

Iman Beney has become Manchester City’s latest summer signing, subject to international clearance.

The exciting attacker joins the Club from BSC Young Boys Frauen on the back of winning the 2024/25 Swiss Super League title.

Find out more about the 18-year-old, including her achievements in the game and life away from it, below…

Team of the Year

Beney joins the Blues after an outstanding individual campaign in her native Switzerland.

The teenager played a key role in helping Young Boys win their first league title since 2011, scoring eight goals in 21 appearances in the competition.

Those exploits saw her named in the SAFP Golden 11 for 2024/25 – the Swiss Super League’s Team of the Year vote.

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Beney was one of only three YB Frauen players to be included, and the second youngest player on the list, behind GC Zurich midfielder Noemi Ivelj.

PENALTY HERO

Our new recruit wrote her name in Young Boys’ history with the goal that sealed a first league title in 14 years.

Having finished top of the league phase, YB Frauen faced GC Zurich in the Swiss Super League play-off final, with the two-legged tie going to penalties.

It was 18-year-old Beney who stepped up to take the fifth and final penalty for her side, with her successful spot kick sealing the league crown.

“I think in the moment I don’t think about a lot of things other than I just need to make it happen,” she said of the penalty.

“It was a beautiful season for Young Boys. We won the league and the play-offs, so it was really nice.”

TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT

Beney is now a regular for Switzerland at senior level, but perhaps the first time she was first spotted by an international audience came in the 2023 UEFA Under-17 Championship.

The teenager was her nation’s standout performer, grabbing two goals and three assists en route to the semi-finals, where Switzerland were beaten by eventual winners France.

Her exploits saw her named in the U17 Euros Team of the Tournament, the only Swiss player to be selected and just one of two players (alongside England’s Katie Reid) not to play for either of the two finalists, Spain or France.

WORLD CUP 2023

Those standout displays at the Under-17s Euros that year meant that, at just 16, Iman was selected to represent Switzerland at the World Cup that summer.

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She was set to be the youngest player in the Swiss squad with just two other players her junior across the entire tournament, only to be ruled out of the World Cup after rupturing her Anterior Cruciate Ligament in a training session.

Thankfully, Iman was back to her best last year and is now a regular for the Swiss national team.

EURO 2025

Switzerland’s official squad is yet to be announced, but it seems safe to assume that Beney will be selected to represent her nation at this summer’s European Championships.

The hosts line up in Group A alongside Norway, Iceland and Finland, with our new recruit looking to make a mark in what would be her first major international tournament.

She’s already earned ten caps for Switzerland’s senior squad having made her debut as a 16-year-old in 2023 and has shown her intelligence and adaptability by featuring at full-back on occasion for Pia Sundhage’s side.

FAMILY TIES

Football certainly runs in the Beney family and Iman isn’t the first to make it as a professional.

Her father, Nicolas, was a goalkeeper who enjoyed over 20 years in the top two divisions in Switzerland, twice winning the domestic cup before retiring at FC Sion in 2010.

Iman’s auntie, Noemie, was a Swiss international defender too, while her brother Romeo is currently a forward for FC Basel, having enjoyed a successful loan spell at second tier FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy in 2024/25.

AMBITION

Our new recruit has her sights set on silverware while she’s at Manchester City.

Asked for her personal ambitions this season, Beney is aiming to help the Blues return to the Champions League and do so by winning silverware along the way.

“They [City] have good ambition for next season and for my development, City is the best place,” she said.

“For the new season, I want to win this league and City do as well. So, I think it’s pretty good.

“City are a club who like to keep possession and I really like to have the ball, so I think it’s a good fit.”

HISTORY MAKER

Iman is Manchester City’s first-ever Swiss women’s player.

She’s also only the eighth player from her home nation to ply her trade in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Beney’s move to City means that an incredible 25 different nations have joined the Club in our professional era.

ACADEMIC

Alongside her football development, Iman has also had to juggle her studies in recent years.

The youngster completed her final business school exams this summer ahead of joining Manchester City!

HISTORY MAKER

Iman becomes the first-ever Swiss player to represent Manchester City’s women’s team.

Switzerland are the 25th different nation to have had one of their players turn out for the Blues since our professional relaunch in 2014.