Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 February 1994 | ||
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.
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. [1]
On 28 January 2019, he joined Italian club Livorno on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. [2] On 28 June 2019, Rostov and Livorno agreed on a permanent transfer. [3]
On 5 October 2020, he went to Ternana on loan. [4]
On 8 July 2021, he moved to Ternana on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract. [5] On 3 August 2022, Boben was loaned to Pescara. [6]
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. [7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 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 [lower-alpha 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 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 29 | 0 |
CFR Cluj | 2023–24 | Liga I | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
2024–25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
Career total | 209 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 237 | 5 | ||
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Slovenia | |||
2017 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 |
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