Matija Boben (born 26 February 1994) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

in the 2013–14 season for

NK Triglav Kranj Nogometni klub Triglav Kranj (), commonly referred to as NK Triglav Kranj or simply Triglav, is a Slovenian Association football, football club from Kranj that competes in the Slovenian Second League, the second highest league in Slovenia. The clu ...

. On 4 July 2017, he signed a three-year contract with a one-year-extension option with the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

FC Rostov FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-199 ...

. On 28 January 2019, he joined Italian club

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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 Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

on loan. On 8 July 2021, he moved to

on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract. On 3 August 2022, Boben was loaned to

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

International career

Boben made his debut for

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in a January 2017

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against

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and his second international was a June 2018 friendly against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Ternana *

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

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Supercoppa di Serie C The Supercoppa di Serie C, formerly named Supercoppa di Lega Pro, is an Italian football competition played by the three group winners of Serie C. The competition was inaugurated in 2000. Forerunners The FIGC introduced a third-level national foo ...

: 2021

References

External links

NZS profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boben, Matija 1994 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Men's association football defenders Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers NK Triglav Kranj players NK Ivančna Gorica players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players ND Gorica players FC Rostov players US Livorno 1915 players Ternana Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players CFR Cluj players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Russian Premier League players Serie B players Serie C players Liga I players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Romania