Matija Boben

Matija Boben
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-26) 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)
* 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.

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.[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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 June 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Triglav Kranj 2013–14 Slovenian PrvaLiga 4010—50
Ivančna Gorica 2013–14 3. SNL 90——90
2014–15 3. SNL 14000—140
Total 23000—230
Gorica 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 9000—90
2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga 251301[b]0291
2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga ——1[b]010
Total 3413020391
Rostov 2017–18 Russian Premier League 7010—80
2018–19 Russian Premier League 0010—10
Total 7020—90
Livorno (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 9000—90
Livorno 2019–20 Serie B 30110—311
2020–21 Serie C 0010—10
Total 39120—411
Ternana (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 292102[c]0322
Ternana 2021–22 Serie B 25030—280
Total 5424020602
Pescara (loan) 2022–23 Serie C 240104[d]0290
CFR Cluj 2023–24 Liga I 2011000211
2024–25 Liga I 50106[e]0120
Total 2512060331
Politehnica Iași (loan) 2024–25 Liga I 60002[f]080
Career total 21651501602475
  1. ↑ Includes Slovak Cup, Russian Cup, Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C, Cupa României
  2. 1 2 Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Supercoppa di Serie C
  4. ↑ Appearances in Serie C promotion play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. ↑ Appearance in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 2 June 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovenia
201710
201810
Total20

Honours

Ternana

CFR Cluj

References

  1. ↑ Матия Бобен — игрок «Ростова» (in Russian). FC Rostov. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 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. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 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.


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