Matija Boben
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Mura (on loan from Celje) | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | CFR Cluj | 25 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Politehnica Iași (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Celje | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Mura (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Slovenia U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Slovenia U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | Slovenia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Slovenia | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 June 2018 | |||
Matija Boben (born 26 February 1994) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura on loan from Celje.
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]
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.[7]
