Nicola Murru

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Nicola Murru
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
2001–2011 Cagliari
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2017 Cagliari 98 (0)
2017–2024 Sampdoria 148 (2)
2020–2021 → Torino (loan) 14 (0)
International career
2011 Italy U17 4 (0)
2011–2012 Italy U18 9 (0)
2012–2013 Italy U19 12 (0)
2014–2017 Italy U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024

Nicola Murru (born 16 December 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

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Club career

Born in Cagliari, Murru started his career at hometown's Cagliari. In July 2011 he was promoted to first team squad, and played his first match as a professional on 20 December, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 home loss against Milan. [2]

Murru appeared in only one further match during the campaign, a 0–0 draw at Fiorentina, also from the bench. In 2012, after Alessandro Agostini's departure to Torino, he acted as a backup to Danilo Avelar. In the following year Murru appeared as first-choice, overtaking Avelar in the pecking order. On 8 October 2013, he renewed his link with the Rossoblù, until 2017. [3]

On 1 July 2017, he joined Sampdoria. [4]

On 17 September 2020, Murru joined Torino on loan with an option to buy. [5]

International career

After appearing with the under-17, under-18 and under-19's, Murru made his debut with the under-21 side on 5 March 2014, in a qualifying match against Northern Ireland.

In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio, [6] but later had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by Giuseppe Pezzella. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cagliari 2011–12 Serie A 2000——20
2012–13 13020——150
2013–14 21010——220
2014–15 8020——100
2015–16 Serie B 28030——310
2016–17 Serie A26010——270
Total98090——1070
Sampdoria 2017–18 Serie A20030——230
2018–19 35020——370
2019–20 28010——290
2021–22 22120——241
2022–23 20010——210
2023–24 Serie B23110——241
Total1482100—001582
Torino (loan) 2020–21 Serie A14030——170
Career total260222000002822

Honours

Cagliari

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References

  1. ↑ "Nicola Murru". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Milan back to top of the table". ESPN Soccernet . 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cagliari e Murru, rinnovo firmato: avanti fino al 2017" [Cagliari and Murru, renewal agreed: signed until 2017] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Calciomercato Samp, ecco Caprari-Murru. Cigarini al Cagliari" (in Italian). Sky. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Nicola Murru passa al Torino, lascia la Samp in prestito con diritto di riscatto".
  6. ↑ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Azzurrini da domani in Polonia. Murru a casa, Di Biagio convoca il palermitano Pezzella" (in Italian). figc.it. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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