| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Sassari, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olbia | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cagliari | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Cagliari | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | → Olbia (loan) | 144 | (15) |
| 2022– | Olbia | 72 | (5) |
| 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 as of 3 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 July 2020 | |||
Roberto Biancu (born 19 January 2000) is an Italian football player who plays as midfielder for Serie D club Olbia. [1]
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]
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]
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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cagliari | 2016–17 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Olbia (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | Serie C | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serie C | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie C | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie C | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| Olbia | 2022–23 | Serie C | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie C | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie D | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total Olbia | 216 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 217 | 20 | ||
| Career total | 217 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 219 | 20 | ||