Roberto Biancu

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Roberto Biancu
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sassari, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Olbia
Number 21
Youth career
Cagliari
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 Cagliari 1 (0)
2017–2022Olbia (loan) 144 (15)
2022– Olbia 68 (1)
International career
2016 Italy U16 5 (1)
2016–2017 Italy U17 14 (1)
2017–2018 Italy U18 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2020

Roberto Biancu (born 19 January 2000) is an Italian football player who plays as midfielder for Serie C Group B club Olbia. [1]

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Club career

Cagliari

On 30 November 2016, at 16, Biancu made his professional debut for Cagliari as a substitute replacing Illia Briukhov in the 77th minute of a 3–0 away defeat against Sampdoria in the fourth round of Coppa Italia. [2] On 28 March 2017 he made his Serie A debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Deiola in the 80th minute of a 2–1 home win over Milan. [3]

Olbia

On 16 August 2017, Biancu was signed by Serie C side Olbia on a season-long loan deal. [4] On 15 October he made his Serie C debut for Olbia as a substitute replacing Alessio Murgia in the 83rd minute of a 1–0 away win over Arezzo. [5] On 22 October he played his first entire match for Olbia, a 4–1 home win over Cuneo. [6] On 7 April 2018, Biancu scored his first professional goal in the 90th minute of a 4–2 home win over Livorno. [7] On 10 April he scored his second goal in the 17th minute of a 3–2 home defeat against Arezzo. [8] Biancu ended his season-long loan to Olbia with 23 appearances, 2 goals and 3 assists. [9]

On 17 July 2018, after extended his contract until 2023, his loan to Olbia was extended for another season. [10] [11] On 19 September he played his first match of his second season at Olbia, a 3–2 away win over Albissola, he was replaced after 86 minutes by Antonio Martiniello. [12] On 16 December he played his first entire match of the season, a 4–0 away defeat against Novara. [13] On 17 February 2019, Bianco scored his first goal of the season in the 48th minute of a 3–1 home win over Carrarese. [14] Biancu ended his second season on loan at Olbia with 31 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist. [9]

On 8 August 2019, Biancu returned for the third season on loan at Olbia. [15] On 25 August, Biancu played his first match of the new season, a 2–1 away win over Robur Siena, he played the entire match. [16] Two weeks later, on 8 September, he scored his first goal of the season in the 11th minute of a 3–2 away defeat against Pontedera. [17] On 26 September he scored his second goal in the 54th minute of a 4–2 away defeat against Carrarese. [18]

On 28 August 2020, the loan was renewed for yet another season. [19]

On 18 August 2021, the loan was renewed once again for the 2021–22 season. [20]

On 3 July 2022, Biancu moved to Olbia on a permanent basis with a contract until June 2025. [21]

International career

Biancu represented Italy at Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 levels. On 9 March 2016 he made his debut at U-16 level as a 55th-minute substitute replacing Fabrizio Caligara in a 1–0 away win over Netherlands U-16, two months later he scored his first goal at this level in the 66th minute of a 3–0 away win over Croatia U-16. On 24 August 2016, Biancu made his debut at U-17 level in a 2–0 home win over Bosnia and Herzegovina U-17, he was replaced by Giuseppe Iglio after 72 minutes. On 31 October 2016 he scored his first goal at U-17 level in a 2–0 win over Serbia U-17. Biancu played 5 matches in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, he was also in the team who played the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, however Italy U-17 was eliminated at group stage. On 9 September 2017 he made his debut at Under-18 level in a 3–3 away draw against Slovenia U-18.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 March 2022 [1]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cagliari 2016–17 Serie A 101020
Olbia (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 23200232
2018–19 Serie C31100311
2019–20 Serie C25300253
2020–21 Serie C31500315
2021–22 Serie C29200292
Total Olbia1391300655
Career total140131014113

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References

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