Facundo Mura

Last updated

Facundo Mura
Personal information
Full name Facundo Mura [1]
Date of birth (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth General Roca, Argentina [3]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [4]
Position(s) Right-back [5]
Team information
Current team
Racing Club
Number 34
Youth career
Argentinos del Norte
Deportivo Roca
2013–2019 Estudiantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Estudiantes 17 (1)
2021Colon (loan) 29 (0)
2022– Racing Club 17 (1)
International career
2018–2019 Argentina U20 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:02, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

Facundo Mura (born 23 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Racing Club. [4]

Contents

Club career

Mura started his career with Estudiantes, signing in 2013 following stints with Argentinos del Norte and Deportivo Roca. [6] [7] [8] He was promoted to the senior set-up in March 2019 under caretaker manager Pablo Quatrocchi, who selected him to start a La Plata derby fixture in the Primera División against Gimnasia y Esgrima on 10 March; the defender played sixty-nine minutes, prior to being substituted off for Juan Ignacio Díaz. [4] On 13 February 2021, Mura joined Colon on a loan until the end of the year with a purchase option. [9]

On 13 January 2022, Mura was sold to Racing Club, with the player signing a deal until the end of 2025. [10]

International career

In January 2019, Mura represented Argentina at the South American U-20 Championship in Chile. [4] He won caps against Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil as his nation finished as runners-up. [4] [11] In the previous year, Mura was called up for the L'Alcúdia International Tournament; featuring five times as they won the trophy. [7] [12] He also had experience of training with the seniors, as well as being on the pre-tournament squad ahead of the 2018 South American Games. [7] Mura was selected for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup by Fernando Batista. [13] In the succeeding September, Mura made Batista's U23 squad for a friendly with Bolivia. [14]

Personal life

Mura's brother, Joaquín, is a fellow footballer; who also began his career in the academy of Estudiantes. [7]

Career statistics

As of 4 September 2019. [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estudiantes 2018–19 Primera División 3000400070
2019–20 3000000030
Career total60004000100

    Honours

    Racing Club

    Argentina U23

    Related Research Articles

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabriel Hauche</span> Argentine footballer

    Gabriel Agustín Hauche, nicknamed Demonio (demon), is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Unión La Calera in the Chilean Primera División.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Supercopa Argentina</span> Football tournament

    The Supercopa Argentina is an official National association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being contested by the reigning champions of Primera División and Copa Argentina respectively.

    The 2016 Argentine Primera División - Copa Axion Energy was the 126th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on February 5 and ended on May 29. Thirty teams competed in the league, twenty eight returning from the 2015 and two promoted from the 2015 Primera B Nacional. Two teams were relegated to the Primera B Nacional Championship in the previous tournament.

    The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División – Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

    The 2017–18 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina was the 128th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 14 May 2018.

    Kevin Facundo Gutiérrez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Defensa y Justicia on loan from Racing Club.

    The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División – Superliga Argentina was the 129th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The season began on 10 August 2018 and ended on 7 April 2019. Boca Juniors were the defending champions.

    The 2018–19 Copa Argentina was the tenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the eighth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 16 January 2019 and ended on 13 December 2019.

    Aníbal Ismael Moreno is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Palmeiras.

    The 2019–20 Argentine Primera División - Superliga Argentina was the 130th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 26 July 2019 and ended on 9 March 2020.

    Marcelo Alexis Weigandt is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, on loan from Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina</span> Football match

    The 2019 Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina was the 1st edition of the Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa de la Superliga competitions.

    The 2021 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional was the 131st season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 16 July and ended on 13 December 2021.

    The Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional is an official national football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional.

    The 2022 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional was the 132nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 3 June and ended on 25 October 2022.

    The 2022 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 94th consecutive season in the top flight of Argentine football. In addition to the domestic league, Boca Juniors participated in this season's editions of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, the Supercopa Argentina, the Copa Argentina and the 2022 Copa Libertadores.

    The 2020 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional is the postponed first edition of the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional, an annual football match contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional competitions, similar to the defunct Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional</span> Football match

    The 2022 Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional was the third edition of the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional, an annual football match contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional competitions, similar to the defunct Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina.

    The 2023 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional was the 133rd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 27 January and ended on 30 July 2023.

    The Supercopa Internacional is an official national association football cup of Argentina contested by the reigning champions of Primera División and Trofeo de Campeones respectively.

    References

    1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
    2. "Conociendo a Facundo Mura". Estudiantes. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    3. "Facundo Mura, la sorpresa de Estudiantes para el clásico platense". TyC Sports. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Argentina - F. Mura". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    5. "Facundo Mura". World Football. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
    6. "A puro sacrificio se gana su lugar y el debut en primera está cerca". ANR. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    7. 1 2 3 4 "Facundo Mura: de Roca a la selección". Río Negro. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    8. "Mura puso la firma y es jugador de Estudiante". Infocielo. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    9. Facundo Mura es nuevo refuerzo de Colón, lt9.com.ar, 13 February 2021
    10. Racing Club on Twitter: "Facundo Mura firmó su contrato que ..., twitter.com, 13 January 2022
    11. "Mura, el lateral descubierto por Malbernat que sueñacon el debut". El Día. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    12. "¿Quién es el pibe de la zona campeón con la sub-20?". LMNeuquén. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
    13. "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
    14. "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
    15. "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.