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Slovenian footballer

Matija Boben
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team CFR Cluj
Number 42
Youth career
2000–2008 Kočevje
2008–2013 Interblock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Triglav Kranj 4 (0)
2014–2015 Ivančna Gorica 23 (0)
2015 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2017 Gorica 34 (1)
2017–2019 Rostov 7 (0)
2019 → Livorno (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Livorno 30 (1)
2020–2021 → Ternana (loan) 29 (2)
2021–2023 Ternana 25 (0)
2022–2023 → Pescara (loan) 24 (0)
2023– CFR Cluj 24 (1)
International career
2009–2010 Slovenia U16 3 (0)
2010 Slovenia U17 5 (0)
2017 Slovenia B 1 (0)
2017–2018 Slovenia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2018

Matija Boben (born 26 February 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club CFR Cluj.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Slovenian PrvaLiga in the 2013–14 season for NK Triglav Kranj.

On 4 July 2017, he signed a three-year contract with a one-year-extension option with the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.

On 28 January 2019, he joined Italian club Livorno on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. On 28 June 2019, Rostov and Livorno agreed on a permanent transfer.

On 5 October 2020, he went to Ternana on loan.

On 8 July 2021, he moved to Ternana on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract. On 3 August 2022, Boben was loaned to Pescara.

International career

Boben made his debut for Slovenia in a January 2017 friendly match against Finland and his second international was a June 2018 friendly against Montenegro.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 October 2024
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Triglav Kranj 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 4 0 1 0 — 5 0
Ivančna Gorica 2013–14 3. SNL 9 0 — — 9 0
2014–15 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Total 23 0 0 0 — 23 0
Gorica 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
2016–17 25 1 3 0 1 0 29 1
2017–18 — — 1 0 1 0
Total 34 1 3 0 2 0 39 1
Rostov 2017–18 Russian Premier League 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
2018–19 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 7 0 2 0 — 9 0
Livorno (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Livorno 2019–20 30 1 1 0 — 31 1
2020–21 Serie C 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 39 1 2 0 — 41 1
Ternana (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 29 2 1 0 2 0 32 2
Ternana 2021–22 Serie B 25 0 3 0 — 28 0
Total 54 2 4 0 2 0 60 2
Pescara (loan) 2022–23 Serie C 24 0 1 0 4 0 29 0
CFR Cluj 2023–24 Liga I 20 1 1 0 0 0 21 1
2024–25 4 0 1 0 6 0 11 0
Total 24 1 2 0 6 0 32 1
Career total 209 5 15 0 14 0 238 5
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Supercoppa di Serie C
  3. Appearances in Serie C–Promotion play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 2 June 2018
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovenia
2017 1 0
2018 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Ternana

References

  1. Матия Бобен — игрок «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 4 July 2017.
  2. Матия Бобен арендован итальянским «Ливорно» [Matija Boben loaned by Livorno] (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rostov. 28 January 2019.
  3. "Матия Бобен покинул "Ростов"" [Matija Boben left Rostov] (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rostov. 28 June 2019.
  4. "Dall'A.S. Livorno arriva il difensore Matija Boben in prestito con diritto di riscatto" [From the A.S. Livorno defender Matija Boben arrives on loan with the option to buy] (Press release) (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 5 October 2020.
  5. "Matija Boben sarà ancora rossoverde: accordo triennale con il difensore sloveno" (in Italian). Ternana. 8 July 2021.
  6. "Matija BOBEN è #BiancAzzurro" (in Italian). Pescara. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. "Matija Boben, international player". EU-football. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. "Matija Boben, international footballer". www.national-football-teams.com/. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

External links

CFR Cluj – current squad
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