| Nicola Murru | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Cagliari, Italy |
| Height: | 1.80 m[1] |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2001–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cagliari |
| Years1: | 2011–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Cagliari |
| Caps1: | 98 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2024 |
| Clubs2: | Sampdoria |
| Caps2: | 148 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Torino (loan) |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2014–2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 1 May 2024 |
Nicola Murru (born 16 December 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
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]
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]
| 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 | |||
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