Nicola Murru
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 December 1994 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- As of match played 1 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cagliari | 2011–12 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Serie B | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 98 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 107 | 0 | ||||
| Sampdoria | 2017–18 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Serie B | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Total | 148 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 158 | 2 | |||
| Torino (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 260 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 2 | ||
Honours
[edit]Cagliari
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicola Murru". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Milan back to top of the table". ESPN Soccernet. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Calciomercato Samp, ecco Caprari-Murru. Cigarini al Cagliari" (in Italian). Sky. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Nicola Murru passa al Torino, lascia la Samp in prestito con diritto di riscatto".
- ^ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Nicola Murru at ESPN FC
- Nicola Murru at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Nicola Murru at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Italian men's footballers
- Footballers from Cagliari
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Torino FC players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen