Igor Benedejčič (born 28 July 1969) is a retired Slovenian football

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and manager. Benedejčič was capped for the Slovenian national team. He scored the first ever goal for the Slovenian national team in 1992 in a match against

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International career

Igor Benedejčič was the first player ever to score for

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in an international match. He scored the equaliser in their friendly against

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in 1992, a game which finished 1–1.

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* 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Koper Slovenian footballers Slovenian expatriate footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Croatia Association football midfielders Slovenia international footballers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players HNK Rijeka players FC Koper players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Slovenian football managers NK IB 1975 Ljubljana managers Slovenia national football team managers {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub