Benjamin Verbic

Benjamin Verbic (born 27 November 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv as a left winger.

Verbic 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 Verbic transferred to Copenhagen, where he won the double of Danish Superliga and Danish Cup in both of his full seasons. In January 2018, he signed for Dynamo Kyiv.

Verbic made his senior international debut for Slovenia in 2015 and has earned 34 caps, scoring 5 goals.

Club Career

Celje

Born in Celje, Verbic made his debut for hometown club Celje on 29 May 2011 in a 3–2 Slovenian PrvaLiga home defeat to Primorje at the Arena Petrol, replacing Iztok Mocivnik for the last 24 minutes in his only appearance of the season.

He made twelve league appearances the following season (eight starts), contributing a first career goal on 3 April 2012, a consolation goal in a 2–1 home defeat against Olimpija Ljubljana. On 23 May 2012, in the 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup final against already-crowned league winners Maribor, Verbic scored in extra time in a 2–2 draw but missed the first penalty as his team lost in a shoot-out.

Verbic made 26 league appearances for Celje in the 2012–13 season, scoring 3 goals. On 24 August he was loaned to Sampion of the Slovenian Second League, where he made three appearances, two as a starter. Celje again reached the cup final, losing 1–0 to Maribor at Bonifika Stadium in Koper on 29 May 2013, with Verbic playing the entire match. In the quarter-final first leg on 24 October 2012, he scored both of the team's goals to defeat Dravinja, netting in the second minute and in added time.

On 25 October 2014, Verbic scored a first career hat-trick in a 5–0 home win against Radomlje.

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