Benjamin Verbič
Benjamin Verbič (born 27 November 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team.
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Verbič with Copenhagen in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 27 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Celje, Slovenia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vojnik | |||
| –2012 | Celje | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Celje | 103 | (29) |
| 2012 | → Šampion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Copenhagen | 69 | (16) |
| 2018–2022 | Dynamo Kyiv | 79 | (27) |
| 2022 | → Legia Warsaw (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Panathinaikos | 44 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Slovenia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Slovenia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Slovenia U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2015– | Slovenia | 58 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 | |||
Verbič began his senior career with his hometown club Celje, where he made a total of 126 appearances and scored 35 goals in all competitions. With Celje, he was the runner-up of the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2014–15, and a three-time runner-up of the Slovenian Football Cup. In 2015 Verbič transferred to Copenhagen, where he won a double of Danish Superliga and Danish Cup in both of his full seasons. In January 2018, he signed for Dynamo Kyiv, with whom he won a league and two cup titles, before temporarily moving to Polish club Legia Warsaw when the war in Ukraine broke out.
Having represented Slovenia at various youth levels, Verbič made his senior debut in March 2015 against Qatar.