Nicola Murru

Nicola Murru (born 16 December 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Torino, on loan from Sampdoria, as a left-back.

Nicola Murru
Personal information
Full name Nicola Murru
Date of birth (1994-12-16) 16 December 1994
Place of birth Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Torino (on loan from Sampdoria)
Number 29
Youth career
2001–2011 Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Cagliari 98 (0)
2017– Sampdoria 83 (0)
2020– → Torino (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2011 Italy U17 4 (0)
2011–2012 Italy U18 9 (0)
2012–2013 Italy U19 11 (0)
2014–2016 Italy U21 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 09 January 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016

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.[1]

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.[2]

On 1 July 2017, he joined Sampdoria.[3]

On 17 September 2020, Murru joined Torino on loan with an option to buy.[4]

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,[5] but later had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by Giuseppe Pezzella.[6]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
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 A 26010——270
Total 9809000001070
Sampdoria 2017–18 Serie A 20030——230
2018–19 35020——370
2019–20 28010——290
Total 830600000890
Career total 181015000001960

References
  1. "Milan back to top of the table". ESPN Soccernet. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. "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.
  3. "Calciomercato Samp, ecco Caprari-Murru. Cigarini al Cagliari" (in Italian). Sky. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Nicola Murru passa al Torino, lascia la Samp in prestito con diritto di riscatto".
  5. "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. "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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