Igor Benedejčič
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Igor Benedejčič | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Koper | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | Koper | 33 | (5) |
1992–1997 | Olimpija | 99 | (19) |
1997–1998 | Rijeka | 31 | (2) |
1998–1999 | Korotan Prevalje | 16 | (0) |
1999–2004 | Koper | 75 | (11) |
National team | |||
1992–1998 | Slovenia | 8 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2004 | Koper | ||
2008–2009 | Interblock | ||
2013–2014 | Slovenia U17 | ||
2015–2017 | Slovenia U18/U19 | ||
2018 | Slovenia U16/U17 | ||
2018 | Slovenia (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Igor Benedejčič (born 28 July 1969) is a retired Slovenian football midfielder and manager.
Benedejčič was capped for the Slovenian national team. He scored the first ever goal for the Slovenian national team in 1992 in a match against Estonia.
International career[]
Igor Benedejčič was the first player ever to score for Slovenia in an international match. He scored the equaliser in their friendly against Estonia in Tallinn in 1992, a game which finished 1–1.[1]
References[]
- ^ Primož Čepar (2 June 2017). "Igor Benedejčič si ob srebrni obletnici želi dresa s prve tekme" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
External links[]
- Igor Benedejčič at National-Football-Teams.com
- PrvaLiga profile (in Slovene)
- Igor Benedejčič at Croatian Football Statistics
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Koper
- Slovenian footballers
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Association football midfielders
- Slovenia international footballers
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
- HNK Rijeka players
- FC Koper players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Slovenian football managers
- NK IB 1975 Ljubljana managers
- Slovenia national football team managers
- Slovenian football biography stubs