Nicola Murru

Italian footballer (born 1994)

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
Team information
Current team	Sampdoria
Number	29
Youth career
2001–2011	Cagliari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Cagliari	98	(0)
2017–	Sampdoria	138	(2)
2020–2021	→ Torino (loan)	14	(0)
International career^‡
2011	Italy U17	4	(0)
2011–2012	Italy U18	9	(0)
2012–2013	Italy U19	11	(0)
2014–2016	Italy U21	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2016

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

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 22 May 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	0	0	0	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
	Total		105	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	113	1
Torino	2020–21	Serie A	14	0	3	0	—	—	17	0
Career total			217	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	237	1

References

^ "Nicola Murru". UC Sampdoria. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Milan back to top of the table". ESPN Soccernet. 20 December 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.