Leon Benko

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leon Benko
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 11, 1983(1983-11-11)
Age	41
Country	Croatia
Birth City	Varaždin
Horoscope	Scorpio

Leon Benko Biography

Leon Benko is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on November 11, 1983 in Varaždin, Croatia. Leon Benko (Croatian pronunciation: [be:NGko] born 11 November, 1983) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays forward with NK Varazdin in the 1. HNL.

On May 23, 2006, the announcement was made that Benko has signed with German Bundesliga side 1. FC Nurnberg on a three-year contract that includes an option of a one-year extension. The player made the Bundesliga debut on August 12, 2006, appearing as an extra in the final 5 minutes in the initial league game of the 2006-07 campaign with a 3-0 victory away in the match against VfB Stuttgart. He ended his first Bundesliga season with just seven games, missing the whole second half in the campaign due to injuries.

On 4 August 2008, Benko moved to Belgian side Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, signing a one-year contract with an optional extension. He made his debut for the club on 16 August 2008 in their 3–1 away win at FCV Dender in the first round of the 2008–09 Jupiler League, coming on as a late substitute. In his only season with the club he made only 14 league appearances due to his injury problems. He managed to win the Belgian First Division title with the club.

On 30 June 2009, K.V. Kortrijk signed the Croatian forward from Standard Liège until June 2010.

Benko has been selected in the Croatian national team under 21 and later on, he was able to debut with Croatia’s A-team in their two matches in the Carlsberg Cup in Hong Kong.

Leon Benko Net Worth

Leon Benko is one of the richest Association Football Player from Croatia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Benko 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benko began his professional deal with the local youth team, NK Varteks, in July 2003. He continued to be a part of the team for the subsequent three seasons with coaches Miroslav Blazevic (2003-05) and Zlatko Dalic (2005-06). In his second year at Varteks Benko was able to establish him as one of Varteks’ most important players, featuring in 26 games in the Croatian First League.

The summer of 2005 Varteks also had a strong performance. Varteks during Varteks’ participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, scoring the entire four goals of their 4-1 win against Dinamo Tirana as well as two goals, including the goal that won them the match in a victory of 4-3 against Inter Turku. He ended the 2005-06 season with the club’s highest scoring player with 14 goals scored in 27 league games and played a major role in Varteks’ 2005/06 Croatian Cup campaign in which they made it to the final but losing to Rijeka in the away goals rule. His impressive performance at Varteks brought his an award in 2005, the Hope of the Year award for the best player in Croatia’s youth.

He scored his first goal for Nürnberg on 29 November 2007 in their UEFA Cup group match against eventual winners of the competition, Zenit Saint Petersburg, securing his team a 2–2 away draw. He made a total of four appearances for Nürnberg in the 2007–08 season of the UEFA Cup.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Benko was once again included in the roster for the friendly match against South Korea on 10 September 2013. He provided a crucial assist for Domagoj Vida who scored the first goal in 65th minute of the match. Croatia went on to win the match, being their second match and second win against South Korea side in the year of 2013 alone. His prolific goalscoring form in his club earned him another call-up, this time for the Croatia crucial 2014 World Cup play-off matches against Iceland on 15 November 2013.

Facts & Trivia

Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Croatia. Leon Benko celebrates birthday on November 11 of every year.

During the first half of the 2014–15 Premier League, he scored 9 goals in 14 appearances. In the next season, Sarajevo was ranked third in the league and Benko was the league top goalscorer with 17 goals. At the beginning of the 2016–17 season Benko got suspended for drinking alcohol before a match against rival club Zrinjski.