{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Benjamin Teidi | fullname = Benjamin Opeyemi Teidi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria | image = | height = 1.82 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = FC Navbahor | clubnumber = 13 | years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Gagra | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2013–2014 | clubs2 = Guria | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Algeti | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Imereti | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2015–2018 | clubs5 = Merani | caps5 = 81 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = Liepaja | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2019–2023 | clubs7 = Dinamo Batumi | caps7 = 130 | goals7 = 10 | years8 = 2024 | clubs8 = Kazma | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2024 | clubs9 = Iberia 1999 | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 1 | years10= 2025– | clubs10= Navbahor | caps10= 16 | goals10= 0 | pcupdate = 11 August 2025
}} '''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== 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=ტორპედო საქართველოს თასის მფლობელია |url=https://fortuna.ge/fortuna/post/torpedo-saqartvelos-tasis-mflobelia/ |website=fortuna.ge (in Georgian) |date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
In early 2019, Teidi signed for Dinamo Batumi who had just gained promotion to Erovnuli Liga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/178266_batumis-dinamos-nigerieli-da-ukraineli-axalwveulebi |website=worldsport.ge |title=ბათუმის "დინამოს" ნიგერიელი და უკრაინელი ახალწვეულები |date=3 February 2019 |language=KA}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/12/i-hope-to-play-for-the-nigerian-national-team-super-eagles-in-the-future-benjamin-teidi/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|newspaper=Vanguard|title=I hope to play for the Nigerian National team "super eagles" in the future – Benjamin Teidi |date=29 December 2021}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crystalsport.ge/news/49614 |website=crystalsport.ge |title="საოცარი მოგზაურობა დასრულდა - ტეიდი დინამოს ემოციურად დაემშვიდობა" |date=11 December 2022 |language=KA}}</ref> although two months later he made a surprise return to the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://1tv.ge/news/teidi-isev-batumis-dinamoshi-itamashebs |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |title=ტეიდი ისევ ბათუმის "დინამოში" ითამაშებს |date=22 February 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=ბენჟამინ ტეიდი კარიერას თბილისის "იბერიაში" გააგრძელებს |url=https://1tv.ge/news/bendjamin-teidi-karieras-tbilisis-iberiashi-gaagrdzelebs-1tvsport/ |access-date=24 December 2024 |publisher=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |date=15 September 2024}}</ref>
On December 23, 2024, Uzbekistan Super League side FC Navbahor announced the transfer of Benjamin Teidi.
==Statistics== {{updated|match played 8 December 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/benjamin-opeyemi-teidi/262694/ |title=Benjamin Teidi statistics |website=soccerway.com}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Gagra |2012/13 |rowspan="2"|Pirveli Liga |24||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||2 |- |2013/14 |5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !29!!2!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!32!!2 |- |Guria Lanchkhuti |2013/14 |Umaglesi Liga |9||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0 |- |Algeti |2014/15 |Pirveli Liga |15||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||2 |- |Imereti Khoni |2015/16 |Pirveli Liga |15||4||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||17||4 |- |rowspan="5"|Merani Martvili |2015/16 |Umaglesi Liga |14||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||0 |- |2016 |Pirveli Liga |19||2||5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||2 |- |2017 |Erovnuli Liga |34||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|Appearances in play-offs}}||0||37||1 |- |2018 |Erovnuli Liga |14||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !81!!4!!7!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!90!!4 |- |Liepaja |2018 |Virsliga |5||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0 |- |rowspan="6"|Dinamo Batumi |2019 |rowspan="5"|Erovnuli Liga |29||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||3 |- |2020 |14||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||16||0 |- |2021 |30||2||3||0||6{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||39||2 |- |2022 |28||2||1||0||4{{efn|2 appearances in UEFA Champions League and 2 appearances in Conference League}}||0||1{{efn|name=GSC|Appearances in Georgian Super Cup}}||0||34||2 |- |2023 |29||3||3||0||2{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||0||1{{efn|name=GSC}}||0||35||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !130!!10!!8!!0!!13!!0!!2!!0!!153!!10 |- | Iberia 1999 | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 12||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !296!!23!!21!!0!!14!!0!!4!!0!!335!!23 |} {{Notelist}}
==Honours== ===Iberia 1999=== * Erovnuli Liga winner (1): 2024
===Dinamo Batumi=== * 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=== * Georgian Cup runner-up (1): 2016
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|banjamin-teidi/262694}} {{PFC Navbahor Namangan squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teidi, Benjamin}} Category:1994 births Category:Footballers from Lagos Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:FC Gagra players Category:FC Guria Lanchkhuti players Category:FC Merani Martvili players Category:FK Liepāja players Category:FC Dinamo Batumi players Category:Kazma SC players Category:FC Iberia 1999 players Category:PFC Navbahor Namangan players Category:Erovnuli Liga players Category:Erovnuli Liga 2 players Category:Latvian Higher League players Category:Kuwait Premier League players Category:Uzbekistan Super League players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen