Nicola Murru (born 16 December 1994) is an Italian professional

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who plays for

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club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

, as a

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Club career

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

, Murru started his career at hometown's

. 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

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. Murru appeared in only one further match during the campaign, a 0–0 draw at

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, also from the bench. In 2012, after Alessandro Agostini's departure to

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

, 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. On 1 July 2017, he joined

. On 17 September 2020, Murru joined

on loan with an option to buy.

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

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. In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager

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, but later had to withdraw from the team due to injury; he was replaced by

Giuseppe Pezzella Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli. Club career Palermo Pezzella is a youth product from Palermo. He made his Serie A debut with the senior side on 6 D ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murru, Nicola 1994 births Living people Footballers from Cagliari Men's association football defenders Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Cagliari Calcio players UC Sampdoria players Torino FC players Serie A players Serie B players