Kobi Bajc

Kobi Bajc
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-06-07) 7 June 2007
Place of birth Slovenia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ilirija 1911
Youth career
2014–2015 Svoboda Ljubljana[2]
2015–2025 Bravo
2025– Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2025 Bravo 0 (0)
2025–2026 Maribor 1 (0)
2026– Ilirija 1911 0 (0)
International career
2022 Slovenia U15 3 (0)
2022 Slovenia U16 3 (0)
2024–2025 Slovenia U18 3 (0)
2024 Slovenia U19 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 August 2026

Kobi Bajc (born 7 June 2007) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian Second League club Ilirija 1911.

Early life

Kobi Bajc was born on 7 June 2007 in Slovenia to a Ghanaian father and a Slovenian mother.[3]

Club career

Bajc joined the Bravo youth academy as a youth player in 2015 at the age of eight.[4] He made his senior debut for Bravo in a Slovenian Cup game against Krka, where he also scored in an eventual 5–0 win.[2] Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Maribor in September 2025 and was promoted to the club's senior team the same year.

International career

Bajc is eligible to represent Slovenia through his birthplace and Ghana due to his Ghanaian father.[3] On 5 September 2024, he debuted for the Slovenia under-19 team in a 1–1 friendly draw against Qatar under-19.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kobi Bajc – Profil" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor. Archived from the original on 15 July 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Mladi upi – Kobi Bajc (Bravo): Fant, ki je treniral tudi košarko, a izbral nogomet in v članskem moštvu Brava debitiral z zadetkom" [Youth prospect – Kobi Bajc (Bravo): A boy who also played basketball, but chose football and scored on his debut for Bravo]. Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Dajčman, Miha (24 November 2025). "Kdo je 18-letni Kobi Bajc, ki je na derbiju debitiral za Maribor? Še pred meseci je želel zaključiti z nogometom" [Who is 18-year-old Kobi Bajc, who made his debut for Maribor in the derby? A few months ago he wanted to quit football]. Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bajc prestopil v NK Maribor" (in Slovenian). NK Bravo. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Kobi Bajc – U19 reprezentanca". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 15 July 2026.