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Benjamin Demir
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Demir
Date of birth (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Atacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Makedonija G.P.
Number 14
Youth career
2012–2013 Vardar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Vardar 0 (0)
2013Teteks (loan) 0 (0)
2014 Inter Zaprešić 9 (0)
2015 Gorno Lisiče 0 (0)
2015 Hajduk Split II
2015–2016 Teteks
2016 Pelister 3 (0)
2017 Rabotnichki 10 (1)
2017–2018 Skopje 27 (2)
2018 Spartak Subotica 1 (0)
2019– Makedonija G.P. 23 (3)
International career
2012 Macedonia U17 2 (0)
2014 Macedonia U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2019

Benjamin Demir (Macedonian: Бенжамин Демир, born 16 May 1996) is a Macedonian footballer playing with FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov.

Club career

Born in Skopje,[1] he started playing in the youth section of local powerhouse FK Vardar.[1] He had a loan spell at FK Pelister,[1] but his senior debut will happened already after signing with Croatian side NK Inter Zaprešić where he played the first half of the 2014–15 Druga HNL.[2] During winter-break he returned to Macedonia and joined FK Gorno Lisiče,[1] however, in February he returned to Croatia and signed with powerhouse HNK Hajduk Split playing the rest of the season with their reserves team.[3] In summer 2015 he returned to Maceodnia and joined FK Teteks debuting with them in the 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League.[2] During summer 2017 he signed with FK Pelister, however, soon after he left the club without debuting for them. He joined FK Rabotnichki during winter-breal of 2016–17. In summer 2017 he moved to FK Skopje where he played the entire 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League.[1] In summer 2018 he moved abroad again, this time to Serbia, and joined FK Spartak Subotica where he played the first half of the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga. During winter-break he returned to Macedonia and signed with FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov.[2]

International career

Benjamin Demir represented Macedonia at U17 level in 2012, and in U19 level in 2014. He also received calls for Macedonian U21 side in 2018 but failed to debut.[2]

Personal life

He is the son of former footballer Erol Demir.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Benjamin Demir at zerozero.pt
  2. ^ a b c d Benjamin Demir profile at Soccerway
  3. ^ Benjamin Demir at footballdatabase.eu
  4. ^ He has dauther Dora. His wife is Teamina DemirMakedonac Demir nakon sjajnog gola petom: Ostvario mi se dječački san kada sam zabio za prvu momčad Hajduka protiv Varteksa! at dalmatinskiportal.hr, 24-5-2015, retrieved 16-12-2017 (in Croatian)