Benjamin Teidi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Opeyemi Teidi | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Navbahor | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Gagra | 29 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Guria | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Algeti | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Imereti | 15 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Merani | 81 | (4) |
| 2018 | Liepaja | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Dinamo Batumi | 130 | (10) |
| 2024 | Kazma | ||
| 2024 | Iberia 1999 | 12 | (1) |
| 2025– | Navbahor | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2024 | |||
Benjamin Teidi (born 5 May 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbek club FC Navbahor.
He has won the Georgian top league three times and Super Cup once.
Career
[edit]Benjamin Teidi started his professional career at the age of 18 at Georgian second division side Gagra. In 2015, Teidi joined Merani Martvili where he stayed for next four seasons. On 22 November 2016, he played full 90 minutes in the Georgian Cup final against Torpedo Kutaisi.[1]
In early 2019, Teidi signed for Dinamo Batumi who had just gained promotion to Erovnuli Liga.[2] Being a stable squad player during the following four years, Teidi contributed to Dinamo's title-laden success as they won the champion's title,[3] lifted the national cup and three times secured the silver medals.
As he was supposed to move to Hapoel Tel Aviv after the 2022 season, Teidi wrote a farewell letter to Dinamo's fans,[4] although two months later he made a surprise return to the club.[5]
Teidi secured two more champion's titles in successive seasons. Apart from winning the league with Dinamo Batumi for the second time in 2023, a year later he lifted the Champion's Shield as a member of Iberia 1999, who had signed him in September 2024.[6]
On December 23, 2024, Uzbekistan Super League side FC Navbahor announced the transfer of Benjamin Teidi.
Statistics
[edit]- As of match played 8 December 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gagra | 2012/13 | Pirveli Liga | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 2013/14 | Umaglesi Liga | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Algeti | 2014/15 | Pirveli Liga | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Imereti Khoni | 2015/16 | Pirveli Liga | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||
| Merani Martvili | 2015/16 | Umaglesi Liga | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Pirveli Liga | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2017 | Erovnuli Liga | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | 81 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 4 | ||
| Liepaja | 2018 | Virsliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 29 | 3 | – | – | – | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | – | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Total | 130 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 10 | ||
| Iberia 1999 | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 296 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 335 | 23 | ||
- ^ Appearances in play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League and 2 appearances in Conference League
- ^ a b Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
[edit]Iberia 1999
[edit]- Erovnuli Liga winner (1): 2024
Dinamo Batumi
[edit]- Erovnuli Liga winner (2): 2021, 2023
- Erovnuli Liga runner-up (3): 2019, 2020, 2022
- Georgian Cup runner-up (1): 2023
- Georgian Super Cup winner (1): 2022
- Georgian Super Cup runner-up (1): 2023
Merani Martvili
[edit]- Georgian Cup runner-up (1): 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "ტორპედო საქართველოს თასის მფლობელია". fortuna.ge (in Georgian). 23 November 2016.
- ^ "ბათუმის "დინამოს" ნიგერიელი და უკრაინელი ახალწვეულები". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 3 February 2019.
- ^ "I hope to play for the Nigerian National team "super eagles" in the future – Benjamin Teidi". vanguardngr.com. 29 December 2021.
- ^ ""საოცარი მოგზაურობა დასრულდა - ტეიდი დინამოს ემოციურად დაემშვიდობა"". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 11 December 2022.
- ^ "ტეიდი ისევ ბათუმის "დინამოში" ითამაშებს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 22 February 2023.
- ^ "ბენჟამინ ტეიდი კარიერას თბილისის "იბერიაში" გააგრძელებს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Benjamin Teidi statistics". soccerway.com.
External links
[edit]- Benjamin Teidi at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Footballers from Lagos
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Gagra players
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
- FC Merani Martvili players
- FK Liepāja players
- FC Dinamo Batumi players
- Kazma SC players
- FC Iberia 1999 players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Erovnuli Liga 2 players
- Latvian Higher League players
- Kuwait Premier League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen